Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookmessage came that an officer in a trench was bleeding to death. Lieut. Turnbull, with an orderly, volunteered to go to him, and about 10.30 a.m. crossed the dangerzone, and reached the trench, which was about 3 ft. deep and half full of water. Lieut. Turnbull attended to the wounded man but, judging some further operation necessary, determined to remove him to the dressing station. Rifle fire, however, prevented this, and the wounded officer and Lieut. Turnbull and the orderly were unable to get away from the trenches for many hours. About 6 p.m. they made an attempt in the course of which the wounded officer received a further wound and Lieut. Turnbull was shot in the lung. Of this he died four days later notwithstanding the utmost efforts made on his behalf by his colleagues, Capt. Bickerton and Lieut. Haynes. The orderly, Private (now Corpl.) J. Needham (1st Cheshires), afterwards received the D.C.M. for his conduct on this occasion. Lieut.-Col. W. Salisbury Sharpe, R.A.M.C., wrote: "I do not know what form official recognition will take, but I can assure you of my personal appreciation that no greater instance of heroic self-sacrifice will be recorded during the war;" and Capt. R. E. Bickerton, R.A.M.C., "The stretcher-bearers of my section have spoken very, very kindly of him and admired his pluck, saying that he never let them cross a risky part of the road without being there himself." Lieut. Turnbull was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =Derwent C. Turnbull.=] =TURNBULL, WALTER=, Private, No. 964, 24th Infantry Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Thomas Edward Turnbull, of Hexham, Northumberland, Rope and Candle Manufacturer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of James Charlton; _b._ Hexham, 26 Jan. 1882; educ. North Eastern County School, Barnard Castle; went to Australia in May, 1912; joined the Australian Force in March, 1915, and died on board the hospital ship Guildford Castle, 21 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action near Lone Pine, Gallipoli; buried at sea about 5 miles from Lemnos; _unm._ [Illustration: =Walter Turnbull.=] =TURNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 7673; 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 27 April, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._ =TURNER, ARTHUR=, No. 3894, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; enlisted 15 Nov. 1900; served in South Africa, 26 Nov. 1901, to 6 Oct. 1902 (Queen's medal with three clasps, "Cape Colony," "South Africa, 1901," "1902"), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 26 Aug. 1914; was reported missing after the fighting at Rentel on 12 Nov. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. =TURNER, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4104), 194994, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TURNER, ARTHUR MORRIS=, Private, No. 10/1357, Wellington Regt. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Edwin Turner, of 27, South Street, Chichester, Wholesale and Retail Grocer and Provision Merchant, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of William Light, of Chichester; _b._ Chichester, co. Sussex, 22 July, 1893; educ. Chichester and Portsmouth Grammar Schools; went to New Zealand in Feb. 1913, and settled near Tologa Bay as a Farm Worker; volunteered on the outbreak of war, left for Egypt in Dec. 1914, and died on or about 11 May, 1915, from wounds received in action, when the New Zealanders landed at the Dardanelles; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Morris Turner.=] =TURNER, BERNARD GEORGE=, Private, No. 11833, Maxim Gun Section, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of John William Turner, of The Gables, Bledlow Ridge, co. Bucks. Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emily, dau. of David Hainsworth; _b._ Bledlow Ridge, Wallingford, 28 Nov. 1894; educ. High Wycombe Grammar School, and after leaving there won in open competition a post under the London County Council, and was serving in the Fire Brigade Department when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He volunteered shortly after and joined the Coldstream Guards in Sept. and left for the Western Front in Jan.; he was attd. there to the Maxim Gun Section, and was killed in action on Hill 70, at Vermeilles, 27 Sept. 1915, being shot through the heart; _unm._ [Illustration: =Bernard George Turner.=] =TURNER, CHARLES=, Private, No. 7725, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Troyon, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._ =TURNER, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2817), S.S. 133, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TURNER, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4579), 293331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TURNER, ERNEST HERBERT=, Private. No. 6226, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Ernest Turner, of No. 6, Howard Terrace, Bank Top, Bedlington, Northumberland, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Henry Hyatt; _b._ Oxford, 14 July, 1886; educ. Broomhill Colliery School; was a Miner; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 30 May, 1905; went to France, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 16 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at Bedlington Parish Church, 3 Jan. 1914, Margaret Harrison, (1, Cragg's Buildings, Bedlington, Bank Top, Northumberland), dau. of Isaac Nicholson, of Bedlington; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Ernest Herbert Turner.=] =TURNER, FRANCIS OLIVER=, Private, No. 11420, No. 1 Coy. 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Frederick George Turner, of Briningham, Melton Constable, Norfolk, Clerk in Time and Wages Department, Midland and G. N. Joint Railways, by his wife, Ellen Maria, dau. of John Oliver, of Thornage, Norfolk; _b._ Briston, co. Norfolk, 17 Aug. 1894; educ. Norfolk C. C. School, Melton Constable, and on leaving there entered the service of the M. & G. N. Joint Railways as an apprentice in the Boiler-making trade in Oct. 1908. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, 2 Sept. 1914, and after three months' training at Caterham and Windsor, was sent to France on 22 Dec. and was in the trenches before 1 Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Cuinchy brickfields 2 Feb. following, and was buried in the British cemetery between La Bassée Canal and the Railroad; _unm._ [Illustration: =Francis Oliver Turner.=] =TURNER, FREDERICK HARDING=, Lieut., 1/10th (Scottish) Service Battn. King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Neil Turner, of Mossley Hill Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool, by his wife, Jessie Stewart, dau. of the late Thomas Holder, of Liverpool, J.P.; _b._ Liverpool, 29 May, 1888; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool; Sedbergh (Sedgwick House, May 1902 to July, 1907), and Trinity College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. (Law, Class III) in 1910, afterwards joining the business of Turner & Dunnett, of Liverpool, of which his father was senior partner, he received a commissio |