Turner Street, CFB Gagetown

Turner Street in CFB Gagetown was named in 1963 for Major-General Guy Roderick Turner. A Civil Engineer, he enlisted as a private in the First World War in September 1914 and later that year transferred to the 1st Division Engineers and was promoted to Sergeant. In 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal serving as Company Sergeant Major of 3rd Field Company and was commissioned in the field later that year. Subsequently, he was awarded the Military Cross, the bar to the MC and mentioned several times in despatches. He was twice seriously wounded. Following the war, he accepted a commission in the Permanent Force. During the Second World War, he was the personal representative of General A.G.L. McNaughton on the chiefs of staff of Allied Supreme Command and was one of the organizers of the Canadian Army overseas during the Second World War.