Driver 5450 Joseph Bannister
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 25th Bty. 35th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/11/17
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 26th of April 1917
Born: Tipton, Staffs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: St Leger British Cemetery - D. 19.
Family details:
Son of James and Mary Ann Bannister, of 29, Chester Lane, Marshall's Cross, St. Helens, Lancs. Father James is legatee.
Census details:
1891 - 8 years old schoolboy Joseph is living at 3 Chester Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (31), Mary A (27) and three siblings: Mary A (6), James (3), Edward (1). 1901 - 18 years old 'Coal Miner's Labourer' Joseph is still at 3 Chester Lane, Sutton, St Helens with parents James (42), Mary A (38) and six siblings: James (13), Edward (11), William (9), Samuel (7), Margaret (3), John (1). 1911 - Sees 28 year old 'Coal Mine Labourer' Joseph living at 29 Chester Lane St Helens with his parents James (52), Mary Anne (48) and eight siblings: James (23), Edward (21), William (19), Samuel (17), Margaret (13), John (11), Sarah (8), and Eliza (5).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/5450JosephBannister_1.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/5450JosephBannister.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/5450_Bannister_Joseph-1.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Driver Joseph Bannister at St Nicholas's Churchyard
(Photos courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/BannisterJoseph.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Driver Joseph Bannister at St Leger British Cemetery[/caption]
