LIEUTENANT T. E. TURNER
13TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) PRINCESS LOUISE’S KENSINGTON BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT, T.F.
THOMAS EDWIN TURNER was the second son of Charles Walter and Ellen Clara Turner, of Selwyn Lodge, Solihull, and Surbiton.
He entered the School in 1903, and left in 1905. He then studied for the profession of Architect, winning both a Birmingham and a Royal Academy Studentship.
He obtained a Commission in October, 1914, was promoted Lieutenant in the following February, when he went out with a draft to join his Battalion.
He went through the Second Battle of Neuve Chapelle, but was killed while leading his men in the attack of the Ridge of Aubers, on May 9th, 1915. Age 25.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
