Rifleman Y/1021 Thomas TURNER

Rifleman Y/1021 Thomas Turner{gallery}Rfn T Turner{/gallery}18th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 4th December 1916, aged 26. 

• Buried: Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave M.11
  
• Awarded 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of the late William and Louisa Turner who died in 1902
• NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Rifleman Turner
• NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
• Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
• King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1892 at Atherstone
  
• Lived with his mother and siblings at Blue Bell Yard, Atherstone [1901]
• Employed as a coal miner at Baddesley Colliery [1911]