Cameronia (Anchor Line) 1911-1917
TURNER H.
Harry Turner
Private 39531
7th Bn., North Staffordshire Regiment
Harry Turner died on 15th April 1917, aged 19 years, and was remembered on the CHATBY MEMORIAL, Egypt.
This memorial commemorates almost 1,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died during the First World War and have no other grave but the sea. Many of them were lost when hospital ships or transports were sunk in the Mediterranean, sailing to or from Alexandria. Others died of wounds or sickness while aboard such vessels and were buried at sea.
Cameronia (Anchor Line) 1911-1917
Harry Turner was probably travelling on the "Cameronia", which was carrying 2650 reinforcement troops from Marseilles to Alexandria when she was torpedoed on the 15th April 1917 by the U-33 just east of Malta, and sank in 40 minutes. 129 troops and 11 crew members were lost. Among them were Frank Gregory and Leonard Riley, who are also remembered on Sutton's War Memorial
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment ’
TURNER
Harry. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield,
Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. 7th Bn.,
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regt) Private
39531, Died, At sea, 15th April 1917.
Research by Heather Faulkes
