Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsjahr:
1889
Geburtsort:
Lydd, Kent, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Gärtner

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Truppe:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
G/25079
Einberufung ort:
Ramsgate, Kent, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Einheiten:
 —  Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 11th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
14/10/1917
Sterbeort:
Zuydcoote, Nord, France
Todesursache:
Verwundet
Alter:
28

Begräbnisplatz

Zuydcoote Military Cemetery
Grabstelle: I
Reihe: F
Grab: 20

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort
#3 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

John Turk was a private of the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 11th Battalion, 123rd Brigade, 41st Division. After being returned from the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battalion employed on the coast defenses at Fort des Dunes in France from 1 October 1917. On the 11th of October, they marched into the line in the area of Nieuwpoort, Belgium (Map: 12.SW.M.20.). This strategic city was heavily bombed by the enemy. On 12 October, the trench of the 11th Battalion was hit by shelling and wounded four men. Probably, private John Turk was one of them. He was brought to the 34th or 36th Casualty Clearing Station at Zuydcoote, where he died of his wounds on 14 October 1917.

Verwandte, die auch Soldat waren 1

Turk Edgar
Brother

Dateien 1

Quellen 3

11 Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2638/5).
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk
Verwendete Quellen
Map Nieuwpoort
http://maps.nls.uk/
Verwendete Quellen
Willy H.C., History of the Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment in the Great War (Hockley, CP Press, 2017), p 271.
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Weitere Informationen 3