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Captain ERNEST FRANCIS TURTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

117th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES

III. O. 21.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Amy Elizabeth Turton, of Glencoe, Natal; husband of Evelyn Ellen Turton, of Cotheridge, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription A GENTLEMAN UNAFRAID
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1172
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