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Private CHARLES HERBERT TURNER

Service Number: 72491
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXX. G. 5.

Belgium

Site visit 17th October 2024. Headstone

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. H. W. Turner and Mrs. Turner, of 15, Highfield Estate, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Born Bolton, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE SAVED OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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