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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...
Private Jack Maurice Banks served with 13th (South Lancs) Parachute Battalion and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy, during Op Overlord.Private Banks died on 10 June 1944, aged 22 years old. He is now commemorated on the Memorial near Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy.
Memorial photograph reproduced by kind permission of CWGC.