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Pte. Samuel George Turvey

British Army 1st/20th (Blackheath & Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment

from:Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire

(d.23rd August 1918)

Born in Richmond Road, Mangotsfield in 1899 to George Henry and Emma Turvey (nee Skuse), Samuel Turvey was christened on 1st October 1899 at St. James' Church, Mangotsfield.

He first served in The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment) as Private G/29188 and was then posted to the 1st/20th (Blackheath & Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment before being killed in action on 23rd of August 1918 during the Battle of Albert. He is buried in the Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette in Picardie in Northern France and was posthumously awarded the Victory Medal and British War Medal.



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