Every Name a Story

H.L. Banks 1939
Rank : Master

Newcastle upon Tyne

Herbert Lumley  Banks

Every Name a Story

On Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Master Herbert Lumley Banks, serving on S.S. Sheaf Crest (Newcastle upon Tyne) with the Merchant Navy, who died 30/11/1939.

The son of Herbert Lumley Banks and of Annie Banks (nee Jones) and the husband of Annie Sibbald Banks, of Hebburn, Co. Durham.

The Berwickshire News and General Advertiser 05/12/1939 reports:-
A Newcastle ship, the Sheaf Crest (2,730 tons), was mined off the South East Coast. Her crew are safe, but the Master, Captain Herbert Lumley Banks of Hebburn, is missing.

Acknowledgements: Barney Rice

Herbert Lumley Banks is remembered at Newcastle on NUT015 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Herbert Lumley

Last Name: Banks

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 30/11/1939

Age: 29

Rank: Master

Regiment: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Sheaf Crest (Newcastle upon Tyne)

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