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Brother of A. T. Turner, of Edinburgh, Scotland.
English:
Digitized service file.
French:
Dossier de service numérisé.
Distinguished Conduct Medal, London Gazette 29508 dated 15 March 1916. "Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicious gallantry and determination. Prior to a night attack on the enemy's trenches, he crawled out with a corporal and in 4 1/2 hours cut a passage through the enemy's wire just under a machine gun. He then joined in the assault, was one of the first to enter the enemy's trenches and displayed great courage". 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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Lance Sergeant George Simpson Turner
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 175 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ARRAS ROAD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Roclincourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, a little east of the road from Arras to Lens and Lille. The cemetery is on the west side of the main N17 road from Arras to Lens, about 6 kilometres north of Arras, and north of the village of Roclincourt. The cemetery was enlarged in 1926-29 by the concentration of 993 graves from a wide area mainly North and East of Arras. There are now over 1,000 First World war casualties commemorated in this site which covers an area of 4,084 square metres. It is enclosed on three sides by a stone rubble wall, and against the road by a retaining wall. Old dug-outs exist under the North-East corner and on the South-West boundary.
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