BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF ROBERT BANKS & ADA CROSS, OF 1, RAILWAY COTTAGE, HEDON ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS A HOUSEKEEPER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN, INCLUDING SIX BROTHERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 17TH NFUS (RAILWAY PALS). TRANSFERRED TO THE 23RD BATTALION. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/02/1917, AGED 19. HIS ARMY PENSION WAS LEFT TO BOTH PARENTS. THIS IS HIS ADDRESS FROM ARMY RECORDS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 14/03/1917. HIS FATHER MOVED TO PATRINGTON AFTER WW1.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
37945
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/02/1917
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
19
110 , WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
