"Durham Light Infantry"

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9 June 2023

CHOUIN, FRANCE - JUNE 07, 2023: Final resting place of Private Jack Banks, seen on the 79th Anniversary D-Day Service at Jerusalem War Cemetery, in Chouain, Calvados, France, on June 07, 2023. Private Jack Banks, Durham Light Infantry, bravely fought in Normandy at 16 years old. He tragically lost his life while attempting to disable an enemy machine gun. His valiant sacrifice occurred six weeks after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day.

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9 June 2023

CHOUIN, FRANCE - JUNE 07, 2023: Final resting place of Private Jack Banks, seen on the 79th Anniversary D-Day Service at Jerusalem War Cemetery, in Chouain, Calvados, France, on June 07, 2023. Private Jack Banks, Durham Light Infantry, bravely fought in Normandy at 16 years old. He tragically lost his life while attempting to disable an enemy machine gun. His valiant sacrifice occurred six weeks after landing on Gold Beach on D-Day.

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5 June 2016

Flowers left at the grave of Lieutenant J.B. Horn of the Durham Light Infantry, the British soldier buried in a Normandy cemetery, at Jerusalem Cemetery, Normandy, France, during a 72nd D-Day anniversary service of thanksgiving and wreath laying in the Jerusalem British War Cemetery, near the village of Chouain. The cemetery is one of the smallest Commonwealth WWII cemeteries, with only 47 graves. The area around Chouain was the scene of bitter fighting in early June 1944 when, shortly after the liberation of Bayeux, a German armoured column attempted to retake the town. Jerusalem was established in June 1944, and at the time nearby farm buildings were used by the RAMC as an advanced dressing station. As the fighting moved further south, the cemetery was no longer used. On Sunday, 5 June 2016, in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France.

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