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Clifford Edward Turner
British Army 57th Field Regiment Royal Field Artillery
Clifford Turner joined up on 19th October 1939 with the 9th Field Training Regiment. In 1940 he joined the 57th Field Regiment and on 23rd March of that year was sent to France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk on 31st May, 1940. After this, he went to Suez with the 8th Army, then through Sicily and on to Italy. He was demobbed on 6th June 1946 and discharged from the reserve on 30th June 1959.
He was awarded the Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, the Italy Star, the 1939-1945 Star and the Defence Medal.