262944 Cpl. George Turner British Army 8th Btn. Welch Regiment George Turnerwas a painter and a member of the territorial Kent Garrison Artillery. A sparsity of work led him to join the Welch Regiment in Cardiff in March 1912. He served with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions.
He was wounded at Zillebeke, France on 25th of May 1915.
He later joined 8th (Pioneers) Battalion, Sussex Regiment on 16th of October 1915 until demobilization in 1919.
George served in India and France.
After assignment to the 8th Btn served in Gallipoli with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
In 1921 he joined the 90-Day Emergency Service with 4th Buffs. Later in life George ran a green grocers shop in Sheerness, Kent.
He was one of my Grandfathers' older brothers.
My father remembers him in his later years.
All his military records and a family photos survived and are the basis for this information.
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