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Military service
Service number:
437946
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
July 20, 1886
Death:
June 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. I. 39.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Herbert and Elizabeth Turner, of 4, York Terrace, Normanby, Eston, Yorks.
Digital gallery of Private William Turner
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 62nd (British Columbia) Bn CEF. Private Turner was originally a member of the 62nd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave marker
Gravemarker. Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Cemetery ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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