Sgt
George Graham Gillbanks
Military Details
Service Number: 3599598
Regiment & Unit / Ship
7th Border Regiment
Service Branch
Army
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Ennerdale road , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Pte.
Battalion at Enlistment
7th
Service Number at Enlistment
3599598
Service History
Sergeant Gilbanks lost his life at the age of 22 on 6 November 1941 as the result of an accident at his camp in southern England (probably at or near St Albans, Hertfordshire). Sergeant Tom Banks, another Border Regiment soldier whose home was at Inkerman Terrace, Whitehaven, Cumberland was seriously injured in the same accident.
During WW2, not all information about casualties was released, even to a casualty's family. However, having checked at the Border Regiment and KORBR Museum about the incident in which Sergeant Gilbanks lost his life, the Regimental records show that he died of a shrapnel wound on 6 November 1941. Other records state that he was killed in action. This may suggest he was killed in an air raid.
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
Border Regiment
Personal Details
Date of Birth
24th October 1919
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
Methodist
Address
42 Ennerdale Rd, Cleator Moor
Residence (Census)
42 Ennerdale Rd , Cleator M oor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
42 Ennerdale Rd , Cleator Moor
Parents
Myles & Margaret
Siblings
Mona
Education and Occupation
School
Montreal
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
6th November 1941
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
Border Regiment Regimental records show that he died of a shrapnel wound on 6 November 1941 sustained while doing training with hand grenades
Theater of Action
UK
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Rank at Death
Sgt.
Buried or Commemorated at
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