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Pte. Leo Francis Banville
British Army 2/4th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Philshore, Dublin
(d.1st Dec 1917)
Leo Banville, son of John and Mary E. Banville, of 91 Connaught Street, Phibsborough, Dublin, was born in Dublin and lived there before he enlisted in Winchester. In 1917 the 2/4th Battalion fought in the British campaign in Egypt and Palestine. At the end of this year Leo Banville was killed in action in Egypt aged 32. He is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.