Biography of Private Reginald Turner (G/7219)
6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 10th October 1916

Mother

• Name: Hannah Butcher
• DOB: 1853
• Place Of Birth: Litcham, Norfolk, England
• Marriage: 1876 Kings Lynn District

• None found

Marriage

• No marriage for Reginald has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions:

• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald Saturday 18th Novemnber 1916
  EAST KENT CASUALTIES
  From the casualty lists:- Died of wounds:
  Buffs – Turner 7219 R.

• Lynns News & County Press Saturday 13th October 1917
  [IN MEMORIAN]
  TURNER – In loving memory of Pte. Reginald Turner, son of Hannah and the late Harry Turner, late of Baker-lane, who died from wounds received in France, Ocober 10, 1916Somewhere in France a here lies,
  To walk on this earth no more.
  Somewhere in England loved ones feel
  For a dear boy gone before.

  From his loving Mother, Brothers and Sister.

  [In Memoriam]
  TURNER – In affectionale and loving memory of Pte. Reginald Turner, who died from wounds, October 10, 1916, in France; aged 24
  I shall never forget him, I love him too dearly
  For his memory to fade from my mind like a dream,
  The lips need not speak when the heart mournes sincerely.
  And tears often dwell where they seldom are seen.
  From his fiancee, Molly, 36, Tower Street, Lynn.

• Lynn Advertiser Friday 17th October 1919
  THE ROLL OF HONOUR.
  In ever loving memory of my dear son, Pte. Reginald Turner, who died of wounds received in action, 10th October, 1916, aged 23 years.Too dearly loved in life to be forgotten in death.

  From his loving mother, brothers and sisters.

• Lynns News & County Press Tuesday 12th October 1926
  In Memoriam.
  TURNER – In loving memory of Pte. Reginald Turner, who died of wounds received in France, Oct. 10, 1916. Interred Dartmoor Cemetery. Becordel.To memory ever dear.

  From his loving Mother, Brothers and Sisters.

• Lynn News & County Press Tuesday 11th October 1927
  In Memoriam.
  TURNER. – In loving memory of Pte. Reginald Turner, who died of woulds received in France, Oct. 10, 1916, aged 23. – Interred Dartmoor Cemetery, recorded South-East of Albert, France.Too dearly loved in life to be fotten in death.

  From his loving Mother.

Military Records

Medals

• The British Medal
• The Victory Medal

Memorials

• UK:
• Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
• In memory of Private Reginald Turner, G/7219, 6th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regimant) Regiment who died on 10 October 1916 Age 23
• Son of Henry and Hannah Turner, of 90, North St, Bourne, Lincs. Native of King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
  THY GRAVE TOO FAR TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
• Remembered with honour, Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt
• Grave II. D. 42.

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

• This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed

Sources

• WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
• British Newspaper Archive.
• Fold 3
• Find My Past
• Genealogist
• Forces War Records
• British Army Service Numbers
• War Gratuity Calculator
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• National Archives – Battalion War Diaries
• General Registry Office