Private 49178 Thomas Turner
The St Helens Reporter
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 15th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 5017, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 12th of June 1918
Born: Eccleston, Lancs
Resided: 28 Exeter Street (St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser 12071918)
Burial / Memorial: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery - VIII. L. 17.
BMD details:
Marriage:25/12/1917 Thomas TURNER to Florence Maud BOARDMAN at Eccleston Christ Church CE.
Family details:
Widow: Florence M.
Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Thomas is living at 35 Exeter Street, St Helens with parents Thomas (39), (stepmother?) Susannah (34) and four siblings: Arthur (14), [cas=1351]James Turner[/cas] (11), [cas=1757]Frank Turner[/cas] (7), Annie M (3). 1911 - Sees 15 years old 'Glassworks Labourer' Thomas still living at 35 Exeter Street, St Helens with widowed (step?) mother Susannah (46) and three siblings: [cas=1351]James Turner[/cas] (21), [cas=1757]Frank Turner[/cas] (17), Annie (13).
Notes:
[note=80]Three Turner Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=80]Three Turner Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/49178ThomasTurner.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/T_Turner_LFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Turner at
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption]
