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11 January 1917: Pte James Banks

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His father was William and his mother, Elizabeth (née Thornberry).  James had five brothers and four sisters. Two brothers emigrated, one to California, the other to Canada.  Age 3 at the 1881 England Census James was with his parents and five other siblings in Stonebeck Up where his father was an agricultural labourer.  Age 13 at the 1891 E…