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Private William Turner

 

 

Number: 9563

Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent

ENLISTMENT

Date: 27 January 1900

Place: Belfast

Age: 21 years (stated on enlistment). (Born 23 May 1882 at 100 Hillview Street, Belfast.)

Trade or calling: Barman

Place of birth: In the Parish of Shankill, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim

Address: 62 Regent Street, Belfast

Family: Single. Father Robert Turner, publican, Carlisle Circus, 62 Regent Street, Belfast. Mother Annie Turner (nee Price) (dec.).

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 6 1/2". Complexion pale, eyes grey, hair brown. Tattoo three dots left hand; scar left shin.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900

Date home: 9 July 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901(?) clasps.

DISCHARGE

Date: 8 August 1901

Place: United Kingdom

Reason for discharge: At his own request

 

Turner was among the 400 men of the 13th Battalion captured by Boer forces at Lindley at the end of May 1900. He was released on 30 August with most of the other members of the battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.

 

Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, 21 July 1900.

This page last updated 28 March 2025.