Gunner William Thomas Turner (246771)
'B' Battery, 84 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Malvern Commemoration: St James Welland
Burial/Commemoration: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau
Nature of Death: Killed in action France or Flanders 22/10/1918
Age: 22
Next of Kin: Son of William and Eliza Turner of Lake Cottages, Welland.
Education: Welland School
Previous Employment: For Elijah Smith at Little Brookend Farm
William Thomas Turner was born in Welland on 22nd November 1895, the son of William and Eliza Turner of Lake Cottages, Welland. He started Welland school on 29th January 1900 and when he left he went to work for Elijah Smith at Little Brookend Farm, Welland . Nora Roberts (nee Smith), now deceased remembered him as a cheerful young lad, who used to push her on her swing when she was a little girl. He was in “B” Battery, 84 th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery [1], when he was killed in action on 22nd October 1918.
Welland Parish Website 2006
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