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Military service
Service number:
74104
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Division:
28th Bn.
Death:
October 8, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Maria Turney, of Church Farm, Slapton, Leighton Buzzard, England.
Digital gallery of Private Robert James Turney
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Collection
Collection attributed to Pte. Robert James Turney 28th Battalion CEF. Included are the 28th Bn. cap and collar badges with blue coloured felt 'Somme' patch. Also the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals. In addition are the Canadian Memorial Cross and Memorial Plaque awarded to the next of kin of Pte. Turney. (From donors collection). -
Memorial Plaque
Detail of the Memorial Plaque named in the memory of 'Robert James Turney'. -
The Memorial Cross
Detail of the Canadian Memorial Cross named in memory of Pte. Robert James Turney 28th Battalion CEF. -
Medals
Detail of the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals named in memory of Pte. Robert James Turney 28th Battalion CEF. -
Photograph showing No. 15 Platoon 'D' Company 28th Battalion, shortly before leaving Canada. Pte. Robert James Turney is pictured 2nd Row from the back, 3rd man standing from the left. Of note, many of these men were killed on October 8, 1915 near Kemmel Ypres, when the Germans detonated a mine under their position.
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Photo of Robert James Turney
Detail of Pte. Robert James Turney, pictured amongst other members of No. 15 Platoon, 'D' Company 28th (Northwest) Battalion CEF. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Robert James Turney
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Turney
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Turney
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Turney
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Turney
Digital gallery of
Private Robert James Turney
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 39 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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