Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Lieutenant E. A. Turner, 1st/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action in France in September 1916

1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. E. A. Turner. W. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. E. A. Turner) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Ernest Arthur Turner), illuminated memorial scroll (Lieut. Ernest Arthur Turner, West Yorkshire Regt.) and a fine posthumous portrait miniature in oils, signed and dated 1920, the medals and plaque mounted in a contemporary display frame with regimental badge, extremely fine (Lot) £500-600

Lieutenant Ernest Arthur Turner was killed in action on 3 September 1916, aged 33, and is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the son of Frank and Helen Turner, of Ealing, London.

Sold with commission document as Second Lieutenant (10 March 1915); and W.O. forwarding letter for medals and Buckingham Palace condolence letter, both addressed to his wife.