Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookn as 2nd Lieut. in the Liverpool Scottish, 18 May, 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1914; went to the Front at the end of Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches east of Kemmel, 10 Jan. 1915, while inspecting barbed wire entanglements. He was buried in Kemmel Churchyard; _unm._ The circumstances of his death were given as follows in a letter from a brother officer: "After breakfast on 10 Jan., 1915, he went down the trench to look at the barbed wire he had put out in front the night before. On the way he looked up twice for a second, and each time he was shot at, but both shots missed, he then got to a place where the parapet was rather low, and was talking to a sergeant when a bullet went between their heads. Lieut. Turner said 'By Jove, that has deafened my right ear.' The sergeant remarked, 'And my left one too, sir.' Lieut. Turner then went a shade lower down, and had a look at the wire, and was shot clean through the middle of the forehead, killing him instantly." Lieut. Turner was the famous Rugby International forward. He played as a "fresher" for Trinity, gained his Rugger Blue in 1908, when the 'Varsity match of that year ended in a drawn game. A year later he led the Oxford forwards in their runaway victory over the Cantabs, this being the occasion of R.W. Poulton's great feat of scoring five tries. In 1910 Mr. Turner was captain of Oxford, when they beat Cambridge by 23 points to 18. On leaving Oxford he took charge of the Liverpool Rugby Club, and his wonderful power as a hard scrummager brought him before the notice of the Scottish Selection Committee, and he played in all the internationals of that and the following year, namely, against England, Ireland, Wales and France. The next season, 1912-13. he had the honour of the captaincy conferred upon him, and although the year had been a disastrous one up to the time of the English match, the Englishmen, who held an unbeaten record, were badly defeated by the impetuous rushes of the Scots. Last season Mr. Turner was not keen on playing in the International fixtures, but an appeal for help from the Scottish Union brought him out of his semi-retirement, for he still assisted the Liverpool Club. He was also a cricketer of more than average ability, and held 15 international caps. He played for Oxford in 1909 and 1910, but not against Cambridge, and in 1908 figured in the second eleven of Lancashire. His elder brother, Lieut. W. S. Turner, was killed in action, 16 June, 1915 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Frederick Harding Turner.=] =TURNER, GEORGE EDWARD=, W.T. Operator, 1st Class, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TURNER, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4686), 293608, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TURNER, JAMES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269658, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TURNER, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8020), S.S. 103639, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TURNER, JOHN REGINALD=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., _s._ of John Mayer Burrow Turner, of Hartshill, Bournemouth, Solicitor; _b._ Stoke-on-Trent, co. Stafford, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Bournemouth School, and on leaving there was articled to his father and had passed the Intermediate Law Examination when war broke out. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dorset Special Reserve Battn. 12 Dec. 1911, and became Lieut. 1 May, 1913, and on the declaration of war volunteered for foreign service. He was attd. to the 1st Dorsets (15th Brigade, 5th Division) and went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action near Festubert, on the Pont Fixe Road, 13 Oct. 1914, on which day the 1st Dorsets sustained 400 casualties, 130 of them being killed. Buried in an orchard west of the Post Office of Pont Fixe; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. Bols, C.B., D.S.O., commanding 1st Dorsets, wrote: "Practically the whole of B Coy. was destroyed on that awful 13th. We were all so very fond of him; he was always cheery and such an excellent soldier, qualities which he displayed to the full on the days following the 9th Sept, when he was left as senior officer in his company." Capt. A. L. Ransome, 1st Dorsets, wrote: "Your son was one of our most promising young officers. His two previous Coy. Commanders were loud in his praises. He showed a power of command and common sense far above the average of his age and service." Lieut. Turner held the office of Hon. Sec. to the Bournemouth and District Law Students' Society, and had each year since its inception won the prize awarded to the best speaker amongst its members. [Illustration: =John Reginald Turner.=] =TURNER, MONTAGUE ALWEYNE FISHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 3532, 2nd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 5th _s._ of Alweyne Turner, of Kobe, Catherine Road, Surbiton, late Government Advocate, of Lahore, India, by his wife, Violet Frances, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. Thorp; _b._ in Gulmery, Kashmir, 3 July, 1893; educ. Lancing College; enlisted 14 April, 1913; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action 25 April, 1915, being shot through the head in the trenches at Cross Roads, east of Zonnebeke, by a sniper. Buried at the Zonnebeke Dressing Station; _unm._ A writer in the regimental journal said: "It is only necessary to record two or three instances of gallantry displayed by our comrades to show what our men are, when it comes to the crucial point, and these are only a few of many. The first to be mentioned is the gallantry of our bomb-throwers under L.-Corp. M. Turner during the attack on Hill 60 on the 21-22 April. They went to work like one man, and soon had the enemy on the move. The coolness and bravery of Turner was one outstanding feature and we believe he was highly commended for the excellent work performed by his bomb-throwing party." [Illustration: =Montague A. F. Turner.=] =TURNER, NOEL PRICE JAMES=, Lieut. 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Rev. John James Turner of Pentreheylin, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Harriett Augusta, dau. of Richard Price Harrison; _b._ Richmond, co. Surrey, 7 Dec. 1878; educ. Charterhouse and Keble College, Oxford; served in South African War as a trooper in the Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's medal with four clasps); and on the outbreak of the European War enlisted in the 3rd South Wales Borderers, 19 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to that battn. (Special Reserve of Officers) 4 Sept. following. He left for France, 19 Dec., and was attd. to the 2nd Welsh, with whom he served until March 1915, when he was attd. to the 1st Battn. of his own regt. He died in hospital at Bethune, 9 May following, of wounds received in action near |