Reverend Captain Gareth Banting, No.2 Commando kia 10 Sept'44 Sarande.

[Photo courtesy of his nephew Gareth Banting].

From the No.2 Commando War Diary " Revd. Banting takes party from 3 Tp. to bury Capt. Parsons, Lieut. Coyle, Gnr. Clarke, and Pte. Lyons. After burial he moved fwd. to bury German dead in the same posn., but is blown up on a mine. Stretcher party finds he has died of wounds - carried back to Sarande by M.O. before nightfall."

In Memory of 159706 Chaplain 4th Class Rev. Gareth Bernard Banting
Royal Army Chaplains' Department and No.2, Commando
who died on 10 October 1944 age 32
Remembered with honour at Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery