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Pte. William Turner
Royal Marines Light Infantry Chatham Btn.
from:Adlestrop, Gloucestershire
William Turner was born on the 12th of July 1887 in Adlestrop. Son of Reuben Sedgley Turner and Caroline Ann Reed. He married Ada Absalom on the 30th of October 1913 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, the witnesses were Robert Absalom and Jane Rosa Sedgley Turner. He later married Elsie Frances Jones on the 21st of March 1925 in the Register Office, West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He was a painter and decorator and a Trade Union organiser From 1913 to 1916 he lived at 1A King's Head Yard, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
On 11th of December 1915 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, he enlisted as a private into the Chatham Battalion, joining B Company Royal Marine Light Infantry. He had brown eyes and dark brown hair. He was 5'8''. He was reported missing on the 31st of March 1918. He had been captured on the 24th of March 1918 at Bertrincourt, France, during the first battle of Bapaume. On 17th of June 1918 a message was sent to his mother, Caroline, to say that he had not been found. However, on 24th of July 1918 it was confirmed that he had arrived at Parchim.
He appears on the electoral rolls for 1925, living at 34 Woodland Road, Handsworth, Birmingham with his sister Norah and her husband. He appears on the 1939 Identity Card Register at Greenwood Avenue, Acocks Green, Birmingham. He died in July 1971 at 127 Greenwood Avenue, Acocks Green, Birmingham.
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