| Surname: | Turton |
| Initials: | G |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2612255 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Grenadier Guards, transferred to CMP. 1 Armoured Division Pro Coy, BEF 1940. 22/9/45 to discharge. War Diary WO 169/4064, 1 Armd Div Pro Coy: 28/1/1942 report to OC L/Cpl Beale has been killed and L/Cpl Turton wounded. Casualty List 760/2, Middle East, Wounded, 26/1/1942. 24/2/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 27a Meadowhead, Avenue, Sheffield 8, Yorks Gerald Turton. |