Husband of Mrs. Turner, of 12, George Street, Westhoughton, Lancashire. Received bayonet wounds to the thigh and wrist in a night attack on the trenches near Ypres where he was taken prisoner, and died at hospital in Germany from general sepsis and inflammation of the lungs.
Turner, Peter –
Personal details
- Surname: Turner
- Forename: Peter
- Date of birth: April 14th, 1890
- Birth place: Wigan, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Westhoughton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 34
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 16th, 1915
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 2nd (Regular) Battalion.
- Service number: 16509
- Regiment: King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
- Enlistment date: December 14th, 1914 - 1914-12-14
- Enlistment location: Atherton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Eatock Pit Memorial at St. James C.E. Church - Daisy Hill (WWI - Killed)
- CWGC Memorial: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Kln (Cologne), Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany
- CWGC reference: XVIII. A. 21.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 04/06/1915 06/08/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* S1c*