| Surname: | Banks |
| Initials: | Donald |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7691725 |
| Notes: | CMP. Info from Army Record (courtesy of his son Stuart D Banks). Attested at Bolton 7/1/1942, 30/1/1942 reported to CMP Depot Mychett, 2/5/42 appointed unpaid L/Cpl, 15/5/42 posted to 162 HQ Pro Coy, 21/6/1942 posted to 235 Pro Coy L of C, 14/8/1942 posted to 109 Pro Coy, 11/6/1944 embarked from UK to Normandy, 22/6/1944 battle accident, sprained right wrist following traffic accident. 2/6/1946 returned to UK to 120 Pro Coy, 1/6/46 to class A release, 21/8/1946 to class Z reserve. 3/5/1952 re-called for training with 309 Vulnerable Points Company at Aldershot. Awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star and the War Medal 1939-1945. Born 15/1/1909, religion Methodist, 15/4/1933 married, address: Mrs Emily Banks, (nee Cowell) 7 Rawlyn Road, Bolton, Lancashire, occupation assistant superintendent Insurance. Extract from a newspaper cutting (paper not know). GUARDING THE JUDGE. Every day the Nuremberg trial of German war criminals goes on a Bolton man attends in the role of an official spectator, which is to say a spectator with a special responsibility. he is L/Cpl Donald Banks, of 7, Rawlyn Road, Smithhills, a member of the Corps of Military Police, and he is one of a bodyguard of eight protecting the life of the British judge. Where Mr justice Lawrence goes he goes, and in fact he lives under the same roof. Thus once again, where history is made Bolton is represented. L/Cpl Banks an assistant superintendent in the insurance world in normal times, and a (article cut short, a portrait photo accompanies the article). |