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26 April 1915 : Captain Percy D’Aguilar Banks

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Born in Bath on 9 May 1885, Percy was the only son of Col Samuel Henry O’Brien of Eaton Place, Brighton, mother Katherine Rosa D'Aguilar (née Burton) daughter of the late Senior Chaplain to the Armed Forces and grandson of Dr Henry Banks of Wicklow, Ireland.  He was educated at St. Peter’s, Weston, Cheltenham College and Sandhurst.  At Cheltenh...