"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
SERGEANT/FLIGHT ENGINEER
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Information as posted at time of memorial page management:
Hugh George Bannister was a sergeant at the time of his death. He was only 15 years old when he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. He had just turned 19 when he was killed in action on the night of 18/19 November 1943, when the 115 Squadron Lancaster II bomber in which he was serving as a flight engineer was shot down by a German night fighter.
Sergeant Bannister died in Lancaster II DS680, coded KO-L. The entire crew was killed :
- Warrant Officer Sydney Andrew Anderson
- Sergeant Hugh George Bannister
- Flight Sergeant Francois Benigne Collenet
- Sergeant Neil Mackay
- Pilot Officer Raymond Ernest L Peate
- Pilot Officer Murray Lincoln Richardson
- Sergeant George Vivian Sharratt
- Pilot Officer Noel Reginald Shaw
Service No: 578325
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 115 Sqdn.
Son of George and May Florence Bannister; stepson and nephew of Constance Louise Bannister, of Romford, Essex.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
SERGEANT/FLIGHT ENGINEER
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Information as posted at time of memorial page management:
Hugh George Bannister was a sergeant at the time of his death. He was only 15 years old when he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. He had just turned 19 when he was killed in action on the night of 18/19 November 1943, when the 115 Squadron Lancaster II bomber in which he was serving as a flight engineer was shot down by a German night fighter.
Sergeant Bannister died in Lancaster II DS680, coded KO-L. The entire crew was killed :
- Warrant Officer Sydney Andrew Anderson
- Sergeant Hugh George Bannister
- Flight Sergeant Francois Benigne Collenet
- Sergeant Neil Mackay
- Pilot Officer Raymond Ernest L Peate
- Pilot Officer Murray Lincoln Richardson
- Sergeant George Vivian Sharratt
- Pilot Officer Noel Reginald Shaw
Service No: 578325
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 115 Sqdn.
Son of George and May Florence Bannister; stepson and nephew of Constance Louise Bannister, of Romford, Essex.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few." (Winston Churchill)
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
SERGEANT/FLIGHT ENGINEER
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Information as posted at time of memorial page management:
Hugh George Bannister was a sergeant at the time of his death. He was only 15 years old when he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. He had just turned 19 when he was killed in action on the night of 18/19 November 1943, when the 115 Squadron Lancaster II bomber in which he was serving as a flight engineer was shot down by a German night fighter.
Sergeant Bannister died in Lancaster II DS680, coded KO-L. The entire crew was killed :
- Warrant Officer Sydney Andrew Anderson
- Sergeant Hugh George Bannister
- Flight Sergeant Francois Benigne Collenet
- Sergeant Neil Mackay
- Pilot Officer Raymond Ernest L Peate
- Pilot Officer Murray Lincoln Richardson
- Sergeant George Vivian Sharratt
- Pilot Officer Noel Reginald Shaw
Service No: 578325
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 115 Sqdn.
Son of George and May Florence Bannister; stepson and nephew of Constance Louise Bannister, of Romford, Essex.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF)
SERGEANT/FLIGHT ENGINEER
1939 - 1945 STAR
WAR MEDAL 1939 - 1945
Killed In Action
Information as posted at time of memorial page management:
Hugh George Bannister was a sergeant at the time of his death. He was only 15 years old when he joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. He had just turned 19 when he was killed in action on the night of 18/19 November 1943, when the 115 Squadron Lancaster II bomber in which he was serving as a flight engineer was shot down by a German night fighter.
Sergeant Bannister died in Lancaster II DS680, coded KO-L. The entire crew was killed :
- Warrant Officer Sydney Andrew Anderson
- Sergeant Hugh George Bannister
- Flight Sergeant Francois Benigne Collenet
- Sergeant Neil Mackay
- Pilot Officer Raymond Ernest L Peate
- Pilot Officer Murray Lincoln Richardson
- Sergeant George Vivian Sharratt
- Pilot Officer Noel Reginald Shaw
Service No: 578325
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force, 115 Sqdn.
Son of George and May Florence Bannister; stepson and nephew of Constance Louise Bannister, of Romford, Essex.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"These heroes are dead. They died for liberty - they died for us. They are at rest. They may or may not sleep in the land they made free, under the flag they rendered stainless, under the solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful willows, and the embracing vines. They sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of storm, each in the windowless Place of Rest. Earth may run red with other wars - they are at peace. In the midst of battle, in the roar of conflict, they found the serenity of death. I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead." ~Robert G. Ingersoll
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