Rank
Temporary Captain
Firstname
John Cook
Lastname
Banks
Awards
Military Cross
Battalion
6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
Notes

Medal Index Card entered Balkans 14 July 1915 , Wounded 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment 9 August 1915 , East Yorkshire Regiment to be Temporary Lieutenant Kings Royal Rifle Corps dated 8 March 1916 but with Seniority from 10 August 1914 , Killed in Action 1 May 1917 , Attended Bridlington Grammer School and went to Leeds University where he took a BA, he became Second Master at a Grammer School on war being declared he was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment and went to Gallipoli invalided home wounded. Transferred to Kings Royal Rifle Corps and awarded the Military Cross.

Age
1891
Residence
Kilham
How Died
Killed in Action
Date Died
01 May 1917
Next of Kin
Eldest son of Mr and Mrs JH Banks Kilham near Driffield