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258398 Spr. Frederick William Turner British Army 219th Field Park Coy. Royal Engineers from:Westminster, London Frederick Turner enlisted in the 219th Corps Field Park Company, Royal Engineers on 5th of March 1940, having previously served as a Territorial Gunner in the Royal Artillery. He served in Egypt, Syria and Libya and was present at the Siege of Tobruk with the 70th Division. The 70th Division was later sent to India where it was disbanded. Its personnel were used to form columns of General Wingate's 2nd Chindit expedition, Operation Thursday. He is thought to have served with 16th Brigade under Brigadier Bernard Fergusson, and was possibly attached to the 2nd battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment, (West Surrey) in 22 column. It is known that he was flown out of Burma due to having an infected and badly swollen ankle. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.