Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private C. W. Turner, Royal Berkshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 March 1918

1914-15 Star (1187 Pte. C. W. Turner. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1187 Pte. C. W. Turner. R. Berks. R.); Memorial Plaque (Charles William Turner) good very fine (4) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Royal Berkshire Collection.

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Charles William Turner was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment at Reading. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 February 1915 before transferring to the Machine Corps, and died of wounds whilst serving with the 225th Company on 30 March 1918. He is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France.