Basic Details
Surname
Turver
Forenames
Ernest
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was not married and worked in the good yards for the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway Company before he enlisted in August 1917. He was killed by shellfire and is also commemorated on IWM 2754.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Bienvillers
Cemetery
British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
23
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action