BORN WILBERFOSS, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1889. SON OF GEORGE THOMAS TURNER & ELIZABETH JONES, OF WILBERFOSS, YORKSHIRE.
HE WORKED FOR FOUR YEARS AS A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY RULLYMAN AT THE HULL GOODS STATION.
HE MARRIED JANE HUSBAND, AT HULL, ON 7TH JUNE 1915. HIS WIFE JANE, LIVED AT 88 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL, (CWGC AND WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 32/608, NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 15TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, ON 02/08/1917, AGED 28, AT NO:2 CANADIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. BURIED AT LE TREPORT, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 05/09/1917.
COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
ALSO REMEMBERED ON THE WILBERFOSS WW1 MEMORIAL.
| Name | Charles Frederick Turner |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, 1889 |
| Death Date | 2 Aug 1917 |
| Death Place | Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine Maritime, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Battalion | 1st 5th (T.F.) Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 242248 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 32/608, Northumberland Fusiliers. |
First name:
FREDERICK CHARLES
Military Number:
32/608, 242248
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/08/1917
Place died:
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Seine Maritime, France
Age:
28
88 , GLASGOW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
