WILLIAM ROBERT TURNER


PRIVATE WILLIAM TURNER 8431 THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT

WILLIAM TURNER ENLISTED INTO THE REGIMENT AS A REGULAR SOLDIER ON THE 11TH JANUARY 1907. HE DISEMBARKED IN FRANCE ON THE 6TH NOVEMBER 1914

HE WAS AWARDED THE 1914 STAR AND THE WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS 'PIP,SQUEAK AND WILFRED')
HE WAS MEDICALLY DISCHARGED ON THE 22ND MARCH 1918. AS A RESULT OF HIS MEDICAL DISCHARGE HE WAS GIVEN A SILVER BADGE (NO73652) TO WEAR WITH HIS CIVILLIAN CLOTHES TO SHOW THAT HE HAD RECIEVED HIS WOUNDS WHILST SERVING HIS COUNTRY.

IT CANNOT BE SAID FOR CERTAIN IN WHAT BATTALION OF THE REGIMENT WILLIAM TURNER SERVED BUT IT CAN BE FAIRLY CONFIDENTLY SAID THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE 2ND BATTALION , AS IT WAS THIS BATTALION THAT ARRIVED AT LE HARVE ON THE 5TH NOVEMBER 1914. THE DOCUMENT STATING THAT HE DISEMBARKED ON THE 6TH NOVEMBER 1914 WOULD THEREFORE BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS. THE 2ND BATTALION WAS RATHER LATE ARRIVING AT THE FRONT BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR (AUGUST 1914) THE BATTALION WAS IN INDIA AND HAD TO BE RELIEVED FROM ITS DUTIES THERE BEFORE RETURNING HOME AND THE ONWARD MOVEMENT TO FRANCE.

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