219175 2nd Lt. Alexander Buller Turner VC.British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.1st Oct 1915) Alexander Turner sevred with the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion. He died of wounds in No.1 Casualty Clearing Station on 1st October1915, aged 22, and is buried in Chocques Military Cemetery in France.
An extract from the Third Supplement to the London Gazette of 16th Nov., 1915, No. 29371, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery on 28th Sept., 1915, at Fosse 8, near Vermelles. When the regimental bombers could make no headway in Slag Alley, Second Lieutenant Turner volunteered to lead a new bombing attack. He pressed down the communication trench practically alone, throwing bombs incessantly with such dash and determination that he drove back the Germans about 150 yards without a check. His action enabled the reserves to advance with very little loss, and subsequently covered the flank of his regiment in its retirement, thus probably averting a loss of some hundreds of men. This most gallant Officer has since died of wounds received in this action."
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