The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant W W Turner

Photograph by - "Peter Hasatie"

Sergeant Walter William TURNER, G/8051, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 15th September 1916, age 18.

Born New Cross, SE, son of Charles Edward and Eliza Jane Turner, of 23, Blachford Street, Hither Green, Lewisham, London.

2nd November 1899, St James, Hatcham, Lewisham, baptism of Walter William Turner, son of Charles Edward, (Signalman), and Eliza Jane Turner, 21 Ludwick Road.

1911 Census - 5 Blashford Street, Lewisham, SE - Charles Edward Turner, head, age 46, married, Railway Signalman, Railway Company, born West Wickham, Kent; Eliza Jane Turner, wife, age 48, married 21 years, 5 children, 4 still alive, born Gatcumbe, Isle of Wight; Walter William Turner, son, age 11, school, born New Cross, Kent.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE. Resided Lewisham, SE.

Buried at Bulls Road Cemetery, II. C. 28., Flers, Somme, France.

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