Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1889
Lieu de naissance:
Lydd, Kent, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Jardinier

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
G/25079
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Ramsgate, Kent, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 11th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
14/10/1917
Lieu de décès:
Zuydcoote, Nord, France
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
28

Cimetière

Zuydcoote Military Cemetery
Parcelle: I
Rangée: F
Tombe: 20

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 3

#1 Lieu de naissance
#2 Lieu d'enrôlement
#3 Lieu du décès (approximatif)

Mon histoire

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.

Rapports avec d'autres militaires 1

Turk Edgar
Brother

Fichiers 1

Sources 3

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

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