Lance Corporal 61462 Richard Turner
Regiment/Unit: Machine Gun Corps - 38th Coy.
Theatre of War: Mesopotamia
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 14/09/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 11674, S Lancs Regt.
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 12th of February 1917
Born: Parr, St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Parr, St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Basra Memorial - Panel 41.
Family details:
Son of John and Sarah Ann Turner, of 102, Broad Oak Rd., Parr, St. Helens, Lancs. Father & Sole Legatee: John.
Census details:
1891 - 6 years old schoolboy Richard is living at 11 Newton Road, Parr, St Helens with parents John (32), Cecilia (27) and four siblings: John (8), Elizabeth A (4), Alfred (2), Mary (1). 1901 - 16 years old 'Way Cleaner - below ground' Richard is living at 31 Provident Street, Parr, St Helens with remarried father (3 yrs) and family: John (42), Sarah A (44) and four siblings: John (18), Eliza (14), Alfred (12) Mary (11). 1911 - Sees 26 years old 'Coal Miner (Hewer)' Richard living at 100 Broad Oak Road, Parr, St Helens with father John (52), stepmother of 13 years Sarah Ann (54) and two siblings: Alfred (22), Mary (21).
