Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Raymond Vaughan Turner
In memory of:
Private Raymond Vaughan Turner
October 3, 1916
Military Service
415965
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Army
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Additional Information
August 16, 1898
Son of William and Louise Turner, of 266, Creighton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Commemorated on Page 175 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France
I. F. 13.
Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Halifax Evening Mail October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Gravemarker – Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson -
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Photo of Raymond Vaughan Turner – circa 1915
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