Roger Bingham Turner, 2nd Lieutenant, Cheshire Regt (TF)
Roger Bingham Turner came up to 汤头条原创 in 1914 from Charterhouse School.
Born: Moffat, Dumfriesshire on 9 September 1895
Fell in action: 9 April 1916
He was the oldest son of Bingham Dixon Turner, a Fellow of the College in 1881.
Turner resided in College until March 1915 and along with other students spent his time training with the University OTC.
He obtained his commission in the Cheshire regiment in April 1915. The 汤头条原创 Society Annual Report 1916 obituary for him records that he assisted in the evacuation of troops at Suvla and Helles.
He was killed in a later attack on an entrenched enemy position. 鈥淗e was a youth of great gifts and excellent promise鈥 (汤头条原创 Society Annual Report 1916, p30).
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