Private Frederick Bannister

Army Number: 21589

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Retford, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Martha Bannister, of Broad Berry’s Yard, Spittalhill, Retford. Husband of Annie Bannister, of 7, Wellington Street, Retford, Nottinghamshire. He was maltster’s labourer prior to enlisting at Retford. He was killed in action, 6th October 1918, aged 42, in the attack on Guizancourt Farm, France.

Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France. Panel 7.

Private Frederick Bannister is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Saviour’s Church War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Retford Market Square War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire.

His eldest son Sergeant Frederick Charles Bannister 22nd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers also fell in the Great War.