Alfred Edward Turner
Memorial: Kingswood High Street Boys School
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Pioneer 165314
Parents: John and Amelia Turner
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Reformatory Road, Kingswood, Bristol. Lived: 153 Two Mile Hill Road, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: School Teacher
Date of birth: 02/05/1883
Place of birth: St. George, Bristol
Date of death: 15/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Buffs Road Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Commemorated on Kingswood Boys School Memorial.
Age: 34
Further information:
Alfred was born in St. George in Bristol, the son of a shoemaker and the second youngest of four children with two older brothers and a younger sister. Alfred’s father died when he was two years old and his mother who was a boot machinist, brought the family up on her own. Alfred was a school teacher at Kingswood Boys School and he may have previously been a pupil there. He married Blanche Turner at the beginning of 1904 and their only child Percival was born later that year.
Alfred enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1914 and as part of the 5th Field Survey Company was responsible for surveying the ground, creating maps and identifying the position of the enemy. Alfred was killed in action during the Battle of Passchendaele (the third battle of Ypres) which lasted from 31st July to 10th November 1917 and resulted in combined casualties estimated to be around 800,000 for both allies and Germans.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/