Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1009

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8 July 2010

Hammer Price:
£370

Three: Private W. D. L. Turner, 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry, killed in action, 3 June 1916

1914-15 Star (429714 Pte., 7/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (429714 Pte., 7-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Walter Disney Leith Turner) , mounted in case, extremely fine (4) £160-200

Private Walter Disney Leith Turner, 7th Battalion Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), was killed in action on 3 June 1916, aged 29 years. He was buried in the Aeroplane Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium. He was the only son of Ellen Margaret Turner of 127 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh and the late Edward Horton Turner.