Award Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star Lt. A.A. Banks, M.C. 4 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery

brithm · Jan 18, 2022

Award Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star Lt. Alastair Arthur Banks, (94689) 4 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery

Captain A.A. BANKS was an O.P. with a Commando unit on D-Day. He landed at H+20 and immediately engaged an enemy Battery although he himself was under very heavy Machine Gun and Mortar fire. He then moved with the Commandos to OUISTREHAM where he engaged another enemy Battery. Although he was still under intense mortar and M.G. fire and also being sniped he maintained his O.P. for two hours and engaged targets so successfully that the Commandos he was supporting were able to mop up the area very quickly. He then had to move again and picked up another O.P. Party, whose Officer had been wounded and fired his own Battery and the other O.P.’s Battery for another two hours, until finally he was so seriously wounded he had to be evacuated
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WO 373/186/1234
Wounded 8th June 1944

War Diary of 4th Field Regiment Royal Horse Artiller 1941

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Award Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star Lt. A.A. Banks, M.C. 4 Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery

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