Turner, John

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1882. Alias George Carter.

Husband of Henrietta Elizabeth Turner (born 5/11/1882), of 19, Arundel Street, Holderness Road, Hull (War Pension address).

They had four children, Charles Edward Kerr, Catherine Elizabeth Stratton Kerr, William Henry Stratton Kerr, and John Archibald George Carter, all born between 1903-1911.

He enlisted at Huntingdon. Posted to France, on 23/11/1914. Served with the 1st King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Died of wounds, on 27/07/1916, aged 35.

Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. His army effects were left to his widow, Henrietta Elizabeth, She married on 26/12/1917 and became Mrs Devine.


First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
5/2965
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
27/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
35
19, Arundel Street, Holderness Road, Hull