Turner B G Pte 11833 1st Coldstream Guards
TURNER, BERNARD GEORGE, Private, No. 11833, Maxim Gun Section, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only s, of John William Turner, of The Gables, Bledlow Ridge, co. Bucks, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Emily, dau. of David Hainsworth; b. Bledlow Ridge, Wallingford, 28 Nov. 1894; educ. High Wycombe Grammar School, and after leaving there won in open competition a post under the London County Council, and was serving in the Fire Brigade Department when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He volunteered shortly after and joined the Coldstream Guards in Sept. and left for the Western Front in Jan. ; he was attd. there to the Maxim Gun Section, and was killed in action on Hill 70, at Vermeilles, 27 Sept. 1915, being shot through the heart; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1