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Herbert
Banks |
Millwall Athletic FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P x W x D x L x F x: A x
x% successful
1901
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Corporal Herbert Ernest Banks |
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Born |
May 1874
in Coventry, Warwickshire [registered in
Coventry, June 1874]. |
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Birth notes |
Banks' WWI Service Record states that when he enlisted in the army in
August 1914, he was forty years old and three months. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
Herbert E. was the sixth of eight children to Thomas and Mary Ann (née
Tooth). His
father was a joiner, living at 55 Alum Rock Road in Aston. |
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According to the 1891 census,
the Banks family had moved on to 4 Victoria Place in Crompton Road,
Nechells, Birmingham. His mother had died, and his father now worker
at the car factory. Herbert was not at this address at the time of the
census. Where was he? |
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According to the 1901 census,
Herbert Banks' occupation was a Footballer, boarding with the Leonard's at
31 Seysell Street in Poplar, London. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Herbert E. is now married to Rose and living at 190 Merrivale Road in
Bearwood in Smethwick, Staffordshire. |
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Married |
to Rose
Emily Hawgood, in 2 December 1905, Aston Register Office
[registered in Aston, December 1905]. |
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Died |
Early summer
(but before his birthday) 1947 in Kings Norton, aged
72 years x days
[registered in Smethwick, Staffordshire, June 1947]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 12st.
2lbs [1901]. 5' 9", 15st 4lbs [1914] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
x |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
x |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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Was a member of the Seaforth
Highlanders until 1896 and then the Royal
Garrison Artillery in the first World War,
later transferring to the Worcestershire Regiment. At the time of his
enlistment, Banks' was a Metal Turner. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x./Ancestry.com |