World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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John Turner
Forename(s):
John
Surname:
Turner
Initial(s):
J
Service Number:
202057
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), 1/5th Battalion.
Died:
30/12/1917
Aged:
23
Buried:
Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Service History:
Enlisted at Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Died in the Egyptian Theatre of War. According to the entry in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk), Turner died as a result of drowning at sea.
Background:
Born about 1894, Eglingham, Northumberland, the son of Alexander & Mrs Annie Turner of Port Charlotte, Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland.
Husband of Annie Turner of Port Charlotte, where he was living at time of enlistment.
Local Memorial:
Unknown