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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Scots
Division:
2nd Battalion
Enlistment:
London, Ontario
Death:
July 26, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 20.
Additional citations
Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
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Monument
Lt.-Col. James Alexander Turner is remembered on the Turner family memorial, Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario. It is noted on this memorial that Lt.-Col. Turner was awarded the D.S.O. and Military Cross. Also inscribed: "Killed in Action July 26th, 1918 at Buzancy, France". He was the only son of A. D. Turner and grandson of the Hon. James Turner and Caroline Huldah. -
Inscription
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Inscription
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Memorial Plaque
Lieut.-Col. James Alexander Turner (RMC 1910) 13th Royal Scots. Born May 12th, 1891. At Highfield 1904-10: Rifle Champion, 1909/1910; Cricket, 1907-8-9-10; Tinling Gold Medal, 1910. R. M. C. 1910 (9th place): Feather-Weight Boxing Champion; Inter-Collegiate Athletic Team; Sandhurst Rifle Team; Sergeant; Crossed Rifles with Crown; Highest score on record in Sandhurst Revolver Match. Civil Service 1913: Wounded at Hooge, Sanctuary Wood, and Arras. Capt. 1915, Major 1916, Lt.-CoL 1918. Son of Mrs. Turner, of Philadelphia. Grandson of the late Senator Jas. Turner, of Highfield, Hamilton. Disdaining to await the commission to which he was entitled by his splendid record at the Royal Military College, he enlisted in the ranks, but speedily became assistant Adjutant to the 9th Battalion. He is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet at Hillfield-Strathallan College, the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada, and in the First World War Book of Remembrance. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Lieut.-Col. James Alexander Turner (RMC 1910) 13th Royal Scots. Born May 12th, 1891. At Highfield 1904-10: Rifle Champion, 1909/1910; Cricket, 1907-8-9-10; Tinling Gold Medal, 1910. R. M. C. 1910 (9th place): Feather-Weight Boxing Champion; Inter-Collegiate Athletic Team; Sandhurst Rifle Team; Sergeant; Crossed Rifles with Crown; Highest score on record in Sandhurst Revolver Match. Civil Service 1913: Wounded at Hooge, Sanctuary Wood, and Arras. Capt. 1915, Major 1916, Lt.-CoL 1918. Son of Mrs. Turner, of Philadelphia. Grandson of the late Senator Jas. Turner, of Highfield, Hamilton. Disdaining to await the commission to which he was entitled by his splendid record at the Royal Military College, he enlisted in the ranks, but speedily became assistant Adjutant to the 9th Battalion. He is commemorated on the Memorial Tablet at Hillfield-Strathallan College, the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada, and in the First World War Book of Remembrance. -
Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. -
Memorial Plaque
872 Lt Col James Alexander Turner DSO MC (RMC 1912) served with the Royal Scots, 2nd Battalion. He died on July 26, 1918. He was buried in the Vauxbuin French National Cemetery in Aisne, France. -
Grave Marker
872 Lt Col James Alexander Turner DSO MC (RMC 1912) served with the Royal Scots, 2nd Battalion. He died on July 26, 1918. He was buried in the Vauxbuin French National Cemetery in Aisne, France. -
Graffiti
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Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Turner
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 594 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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