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Private Ernest TURNER, G/23335, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 41529, Royal Fusiliers), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 17th July 1917.

Born Danehill, Sussex.

28th September 1879, Danehill, Sussex, baptism of Ernest Turner, son of Trayton, (labourer) & Lucy Turner.

14th November 1908, Danehill, Sussex, Ernest Turner, age 29, bachelor, labourer, Danehill, father Trayton Turner, labourer, married Emily Baker, age 25, spinster, Danehill, father William Baker, labourer.


1911 Census - Chelwood Gate, Uckfield, Sussex - Ernest Tucker, head, age 31, married, general labourer, worker, born  Danehill, Uckfield, Sussex; *Emily Turner, wife, age 27, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, born  Danehill, Uckfield, Sussex; #Gladys Mary/May Turner, daughter, age 11th Months, born Danehill, Uckfield, Sussex; Gilbert Dixon, boarder, age 25, single, general labourer, worker, born  Danehill, Uckfield, Sussex.

*born 10th June 1883; # born 4th May 1910


Enlisted Uckfield, Sussex.  Resided Chelwood, Sussex.

Children -  Winifred Emily Turner, born 8th May 1914, Sussex; Ernest William Turner, born 20th February 1916, Sussex.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.


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