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Surname: TURNER
Forename(s): Alfred
Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire
Service No: 27649
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-06-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 33.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Alfred Turner was the son of John Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Turner, née Marsden. Both parents were born at Burnley, Lancashire.
1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 27, Zion Street - Alfred Turner, aged 6 years, born Burnley, son of John Thos and Mary E. Turner.
1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 41, Waddington Street - Alfred Turner, aged 16 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of John Thomas Turner (married).
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Alfred Turner, 27649, York. R. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Alfred Turner, 27649, 10/York. R.; 7/York. R.; 8/York. R. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Alfred Turner, 27649, 8th Bn Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 7.6.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John Thos. £5 0s. 0d.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
TURNER, Alfred, aged 22, Yorkshire Regiment, 58, Red Lion Street, [Earby], killed in action June 7, 1917.
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Private Alfred TURNER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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