Arthur Banks
Arthur Banks | |
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Second World War
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| Awards |  George Cross |
| Relations | Father, Charles C. Banks, First World War Ace with the Royal Air Force Uncle, Arthur Chaplin Banks KIA with Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 June 1916, aged 20 |
Sergeant Arthur Banks
Early life
Banks was born in
Military career
Banks enlisted in the
In December 1944, an attempt to cross to Allied territory was planned to enable resupplying of the partisans to take place, but the group Banks was with was betrayed and captured by German forces.
He was awarded the
His captors were tried by a War Crimes Tribunal and were imprisoned for between 4.5 and 20 years; the one who directed his torture was shot after being captured by Italians.[1] The man who murdered Arthur Banks was Lieutenant Turati. Turati had been a member of the infamous Brigate Nere. Postwar, Captain Ian Bell of the War Crimes Investigation Unit, captured Turati at his home in Italy.[citation needed]
According to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects (CROWCASS) other Italians, most of them members of the fascist Black Brigades, may have been involved in crimes against British soldiers, at the same time and in the same area.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Dr David Jordan, University of Birmingham Centre for First World War Studies
- ^ a b c d e "Profile of Banks on the St Edward's School website". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d Official Citation for the award of the George Cross to Banks Archived 7 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ George Cross graves and memorials
- ^ a b Llanddulas War Memorial and commemorative stone
