Notts Free Press, 4th October 1918
TURTON G.
George Turton
Private G/29236
7th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Notts Free Press, 4th October 1918
George Turton died on Thursday 22nd August 1918, Age 23, and was buried in ALBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France.
He was born c1895 in Mansfield, to parents Walter and Elizabeth Turton. Walter Turton was a Coal Miner, and a native of Skegby, who married Elizabeth Walker, at St Mary's Church, Sutton in April 1894. On the 1901 census Walter was a Coal Miner living with his family in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
His father died fighting abroad in 1915, at which time his mother was living at 23 Phoenix Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Walter Turton is also remembered on Sutton's War Memorial.
George Turton was also the husband of Mrs F. Turton, of 13 Lime Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press, 4th October 1918
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)’
TURTON
George. Born Mansfield, Notts, enlisted
Edinburgh, Scotland (resides Sutton-in-Ash., Notts). 7th Bn.,
Buffs (East Kent Regt) Private G/29236,
Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 22nd August 1918.
Research by Heather Faulkes
Note there is a difference in the date of death from www.cwgc.org and the newspaper article. There is also a difference in the reported rank between the two sources.
