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Private Clement Douglas Turner

 

Turner 4

 

 

Private Clement Douglas Turner, North Irish Horse, Service No. 1978. Born Longford. Son of Robert J. Turner, Longford, and Mrs Turner of 111 Ulsterville Avenue, Belfast. Husband of Annabella Turner, Belfast. Enlisted Antrim, November 1915. Died of wounds from shellfire on 20 July 1917 [or 21 July, according to newspaper obituary below]. Buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Iepers, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, grave II.F.2. The gravestone inscription reads:

1978 PRIVATE

C. D. TURNER

NORTH IRISH HORSE

20TH JULY 1917

 

Turner 2

 

CD Turner 6

 

Turner 3

 

By sad chance another North Irish Horseman, Stewart Lyttle Turner, was killed on the same day. The two men are buried side-by-side.

 

Gravestone images Copyright © Phillip Tardif with all rights reserved as set out in this Use of Material policy. Image 3 from The Irish Times, 4 August 1917. Image 4 from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice). Images 1 and 5 sourced from De Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Vol.4.