H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=TUCKER, REGINALD=, Rifleman, No. 1901, 16th (Queen’s Westminster
Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Tucker, of
“Oakwood.” Chorley Wood Road, Rickmansworth, Cigar Dealer, by his wife,
Emma, dau. of Samuel Drake; _b._ Wimbledon, 13 Sept. 1891; educ.
Whitgift School, Croydon. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, served in
France and Flanders, and was killed in action, 4 Dec. 1914; _unm._
He was buried near Burnt Farm, Bois Grenier, France. Capt. Whitmore,
commanding D. Coy. The Westminsters, wrote: “I regret to say that your
son while sitting in the trench was this morning hit in the head by a
bullet, which glanced in through a loop hole above him, and died in
half an hour. I can only express my personal sorrow at losing a soldier
who has always shown himself an extraordinarily plucky fellow, doing
his best to keep down the enemy’s fire even when at its heaviest. We
shall always remember him among us as the first man of the Company to
fall fighting for England.”
[Illustration: =Reginald Tucker.=]
=PITTS TUCKER, CECIL MORTIMER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Highland Light
Infantry, 2nd _s._ of William Edwin Pitts Tucker, of Crosslands,
near Barnstaple, Solicitor, by his wife, Violet Emily, dau. of Edmund
Tattersall; _b._ Barnstaple, 12 April, 1890; educ. Ellerslie,
Fremington, Devonshire; Charterhouse, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1st H.L.I. 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 18 Dec. 1912;
was an extra A.D.C. to Sir James Meston, Lieut.-Governor of the United
Provinces, India, Oct. 1912, to March, 1913; left for France with the
Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept.
1914; and was killed in action at Festubert, on the morning of 20 Dec.
following; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was as fine a
soldier as one could wish to see and a true and affectionate comrade,
and he met his soldier’s death just in the manner all who knew him,
knew he would.”
[Illustration: =C. M. Pitts Tucker.=]
=TUCKWOOD, LESLIE EDGAR=, Private, No. 9964, 1st Battn. Princess
Charlotte of Wales’s Royal Berkshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late
Charles Tuckwood, of 82, Wightman Road, Hornsey, Music Publisher;
_b._ Harringay, 1891; joined the Navy in 1912, was transferred to
the Army in 1913, and was killed in action at the Battle on the Aisne,
14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
=TUDBALL, THOMAS JOHN=, Private, No. 5499, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of John Tudball, of Bench Cottage, West Harwood,
Timberscombe, near Dunster, co. Somerset, Farm Labourer, by his wife,
Anna; _b._ Timberscombe aforesaid, 25 Dec. 1884; educ. Endowed
Church School there; was a Farm Labourer and Ploughman: enlisted in the
Coldstreams on 29 March, 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, 21 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1914, and from 9 Jan. 1915; and was killed
in action at Givenchy, 25 Jan. 1915.
=TUDWAY, HERVEY ROBERT CHARLES=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier
Guards, eldest _s._ of Charles Clement Tudway, of The Cedars,
Stoberry Park, and Milton Lodge, Wells, Somerset, J.P., D.L., by his
2nd wife, Alice Constance, yst. dau. of Sir Frederick Hutchinson
Hervey-Bathurst, 3rd Bart.; _b._ 17, Lower Berkeley Street, W.,
23 Sept. 1888; educ. Evelyns and Eton, where he was in the sixth form
and Eton Society; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1 Feb. 1910,
and promoted Lieut. 29 Sept. following; was appointed A.D.C. to Lord
Buxton, and sailed for South Africa, 25 July, 1914, but hearing of the
outbreak of war on his arrival there, cabled to Lord Buxton, who was in
England, for leave; returned immediately and rejoined his regt.; went
to the Front; joined the 2nd Battn. at Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in
hospital at Boulogne, 18 Nov. following, of wounds in the head received
at the 1st Battle of Ypres on the 9th; _unm._ He was buried in
the cemetery at Boulogne. A brass tablet was erected to his memory in
the North Choir Aisle of Wells Cathedral, the inscription concluding
with; “His life for his country, his soul to God.” Lieut. Tudway was
a keen sportsman and cricketer, and played for the Brigade, I.Z. and
M.C.C. His brother, Lieut. Lionel C. P. Tudway, R.N., D.S.O., was taken
prisoner at Kut when in command of H.M.S. Sumara.
[Illustration: =Hervey R. C. Tudway.=]
=TUFF, CECIL THOMAS=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. The
Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Charles Tuff, of
Westfield, Singlewell, near Gravesend, and Rochester, J.P., formerly
M.P. for Rochester, by his wife, Marian, dau. of George William Gill;
_b._ Rochester, 16 Aug. 1885; educ. Abbey School, Beckenham, and
Malvern College; obtained a commission in the Royal West Kent Militia
in 1905; but resigned in or about 1911 rejoining as a Lieut. the day
war was declared. He was gazetted Capt. to 3rd Royal West Kents, 26
Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Nov. following, where he was attd. to
the 1st Battn., and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 15
April, 1915. Buried Hill 60; _unm._
[Illustration: =Cecil Thomas Tuff.=]
=TUFNELL, CARLETON WYNDHAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards,
3rd _s._ of Carleton Fowell Tufnell, of Waterdone Manor, Kenley,
Surrey, by his wife, Laura Gertrude, dau. of William Parker Charsley,
of Ceylon, M.D.; _b._ Sydenham, co. Kent, 5 Aug. 1892; educ. Eton
and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier Guards, 4 Sept. 1912;
left for France in Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. He was mortally
wounded near Klein Zillebeke, during the first Battle of Ypres, on the
evening of 6 Nov. 1914, dying shortly after he reached hospital. He
was machine gun officer of his Battn., and was hit whilst taking up a
position. Buried in Zillebeke Churchyard; _unm._ At Eton, Lieut.
Tufnell was one of the best all-round athletes that the school has
known. He was captain of the Eleven, Keeper of the Field (two years),
Keeper of Oppadon Wall and Mixed Wall, and President of the Eton
Society (“Pop.”). He won the Victor Ludorum Prize at athletic sports,
and the King’s medal in the O.T.C. At Sandhurst, he was captain of the
cricket, association football, and athletic team, and later played
cricket for the Household Brigade, M.C.C., and Zingari, and represented
the British Army against the Dutch Army at “Soccer,” both in England
and Holland, in the season of 1914–15.
=TULETT, THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, 296909, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TULIP, JOHN JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5840), S.S.
106376, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=TULLY, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9914), S.S. 107383,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=TUNE, JOHN SKERROW=, Private, No. 5435, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late John Tune; _b._ Birmingham, 23
April, 1882; educ. Sherborne Road Board School there; enlisted 22 Feb.
1901; was reported missing after the fighting at Givenchy, Belgium,
and later to have been killed in action, 22 Dec. 1914. Tune had the
Good Conduct Badge granted, 22 Feb. 1906. He _m._ at Birmingham,
1910, Sarah Ann (16, Eastbourne Terrace, Herbert Road, Small Heath,
Birmingham), eldest dau. of the late William Smith, of 32, Frazier
Street, Oldburn, Staffs, and had three children: Rosina May, _b._
3 Dec. 1910; Olive Florence Ada, _b._ 8 July, 1912, and Beatrice
Maud, _b._ 15 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Skerrow Tune.=]
=TUPPER, ERNEST=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10769),
300721, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=TURNBULL, DERWENT CHRISTOPHER=, M.B., Lieut., R.A.M.C., 5th
_s._ of William Peverill Turnbull, of Burway House, Church
Stretton, co. Salop, late H.M. Divisional Inspector of Schools, by
his wife, Fanny, dau. of the late Edwin John Hayes, Town Clerk of
Birmingham; _b._ Stockwell End, Wolverhampton, 28 Aug. 1890; educ.
Private Schools, Sheffield, the Sheffield Royal Grammar School, and
King Edward VII’s School at Sheffield, Giggleswick School, and the
University of Sheffield; volunteered in 1914, obtained a commission as
Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. Dec. 1914; was for some weeks a medical officer
at King George V’s Hospital, Dublin; went to France 15 Feb. 1915; was
attd. to 84th Field Ambulance, 28th Division, but on 9 March was lent
as a temporary M.O. to the 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., and died at St.
Eloi, 14 March, 1915, having been wounded on the 10th; _unm._ He
was buried in a burial ground at Ypres. On the morning of 10 March,
1915, while Lieut. D. C. Turnbull was in his dressing station, a
message 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 commission 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
that place on 9 May. Buried in Bethune Cemetery. He was mentioned in
F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatches of 31 May, 1915 [London
Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished conduct while attd. to the
2nd Welsh. Lieut. Turner was a prominent public man in Montgomeryshire;
a former member of the Montgomeryshire County Council; High Sheriff,
1909; and the owner of the Pentreheylin Estate. He resided at Sylfaen
Hall, Welshpool. He _m._ at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, 25 Sept.
1902, Minnie, 2nd dau. of the late Edward Beck, of South Gippsland,
Australia, and had two sons: John James, _b._ 5 Sept. 1907; and
Richard Price, _b._ 16 Dec. 1908. A nephew of his, 2nd Lieut. Alan
Langlands, of the 3rd South Wales Borderers, and also serving with the
1st Battn., was killed in action the same day.
[Illustration: =Noel Price James Turner.=]