BANTING, Gareth Bernard (Reverend)
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Rank:
Captain Chaplain 4th Class
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Chaplains' Department
Service:
Army
Service Number:
159706
Died :
Tuesday, October 10, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Reverend Gareth Banting joined No.2 Commando on 24 November 1943. Captain (Reverend) Banting, Padre of No 2 Commando, died of wounds during operations at Sarande, Albania. Son of Revd. Edgar Banting and Charlotte Emily Banting, of Plumtree Rectory, Nottingham. M.A. (Cantab.).
Extract from the No 2 Commando War Diary
"Revd. Banting takes party from 3 Tp. to bury Capt. Parsons, Lieut. Coyle, Gnr. Clarke, and Pte. Lyons. After burial he moved fwd. to bury German dead in the same posn., but is blown up on a mine. Stretcher party finds he has died of wounds - carried back to Sarande by M.O. before nightfall."
Sources
CWGC.
No.2 Commando War Diary as above.
No.2 Commando War Diary Field Return of Officers Dec.'43.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/18.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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