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Military service
Service number:
463839
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 27, 1883
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Edward and Martha Turner, of Albert Villa, Bushey Rd., Hayes, Middlesex, England.
Digital gallery of Private William Thomas Turner
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Badge
Cap Badge worn by 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patches worn by 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman on behalf 15th Bn Memorial Project -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 62nd Bn. Private Turner enlisted with this unit but was sent to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by 15th bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
Digital gallery of
Private William Thomas Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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