WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| Lt Arthur Mitchell Turner | 1st Field Survey Co. Royal Engineers |
b. 1885 | |
| Medal card | Awarded Victory and British Medals. Entered France 12 February 1918 He applied for his medals in September 1921 and gave his address as West View, 59 High Road, North Finchley |
Medal card records promotion to Lieutenant. | |
| Officers’ records at National Archives | Application for Officer Cadet Unit, Royal Engineers Perm. Address: 21 Gedling Rd., Carlton Current Address: 2/1 Co. Lancs (Fortress) Royal Engineers, Tramway Rd., Liverpool Education: Nottingham High School; University College Nottingham Occupation: Civil Engineer In response to the standard question, “Can you ride”, he wrote, “Horse – No, Bicycle – Yes”. Referee: 1/9/16 Hughes & Stirling – Building and General Contractors, Victoria Works, Bootle & 6 Stanley St. Liverpool 8/4/18 Severely gassed at Bethune (mustard gas) and repatriated 3/5/18 via Boulogne to Dover 18/6/18 Address Grantham Rd. Bingham 6/1/19 address as above stated at a medical board at Nottingham. After many appearances at Medical Boards he was awarded a wound pension of £50 from 8/4/19 to 7/4/20 His protection certificate was issued on 15/8/1919; it gave his address as Westview, High Rd., North Finchley. He had been offered a commission in I.W.T. RE in Dec 1915 but this special corps was then not formed. [Inland Water Transport – there were a number of projects which did come to fruition such as one in Mesopotamia] |
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| http://www.1914-1918.net/re_survey.htm | The developing role of the Field Survey Especially once the war in France had ceased to be one of movement and the deadlock of entrenched positions had begun, the artillery lost most of its ability to fire at targets that could be directly observed. Enemy artillery and other positions were out of sight, requiring indirect firing. The ability to know very accurately where your own position was, where the enemy was and the general lie of the ground became of increasing importance. Surveying the ground, creating maps and identifying the position of the enemy even when he could not be seen became the job of a new type of Field Survey Company. Four companies were formed in France in March 1916 and were organised as RE units by July, although a fixed establishment was not defined until February 1917. They each comprised a Headquarters, Topographical section, Map section, Observation section and Sound-ranging section. Some of the various sections already existed and were absorbed into the new companies. The Army Printing Sections were also added into the Field Survey Companies later on, principally to organise production of the tens of thousands of maps that needed to be issued. Three more Companies were also formed and moved to other theatres. 1st survey company was based in France and attached to First Army. |
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| AVL/Roll of Honour | AVL address: Coopers Cottages, Grantham Road Not listed on the Roll of Honour |
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| No service record on Ancestry. | |||
Family history etc
| Arthur Mitchell Turner | |||
| 1885 | Born Nottingham 7th October | ||
| 1891 Census | Living at St John’s House, London Road, Nottingham with: Father: Oscar M Turner, b. 1861 Chesterfield Mother: Sarah J Turner, b. 1863 Nottingham Siblings: Jennie M, b.1888 Nottingham Kate M, b.1889 Nottingham Oscar L, b1890 Nottingham And Mary A Palmer, b. Shirland, Derbyshire |
Maltster and corn merchant’s salesman General domestic servant |
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| 1901 Census | Living at 158 Robin Hood Close, Nottingham with: Mother, Jennie Turner, widow, b. 1865 Siblings: Oscar SL, And Paternal Grandmother: Caroline, b. 1829 Nottingham AND Boarders: Lina Stansfield, Edith Stansfield, |
Living on own means Photographic artist Board school teacher |
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| 1910 | Arthur Married Anne Marie Small in Nottingham, 18th June 1910 Daughter: Francoise MH born 21/8/14 Sefton View, Maghull |
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| 1911 census | Living in Station Road, Wigston Magna, Leics with: Wife: Anne Marie Suzanne Turner (neé Small), b. 1884, France And Visitors: Alice Maud Shaw, b. 1882 Fleetwood Helene Spicer Shaw, b. 1875 Kendall |
Civil Engineer Private Means Private Means |
Alice and Maud Shaw were daughters of Christopher Pearson Shaw of Esk Dale,Long Acre, Bingham. He was an architect and quantity surveyor. Their brother was John Beetham Shaw, who served in WW1 and became a well-known architect and after whom Beetham Close, The Banks, is named. |
| ER | 1919: Coopers Cottages, Anne Marie Suzanne Turner. Not 1921. It seems likely that Arthur was an employee of Shaw. |
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| 1921 | Address on medal card: 59 High Road, North Finchley | ||
| 1939 Register | The Gables, Totteridge, Barnett, Herts: Arthur M Turner, b. 7 Oct 1885, married Anne MS Turner, b. 1 May 1885, married Francoise MH Hawkins (Scannann, Turner), b. 21 Aug 1914, single |
Chartered Civil Engineer, Civil Servant, Mines Dept. Unpaid domestic duties Shorthand typist bookkeeper |
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| 1945 | Probate: Arthur Mitchell Turner, d. 5 May 1945 of The Gables, Totteridge, London N20. Probate granted in Llandudno to Frederick Samuel Shuttle, Company Secretary | Effects £1283 19s 8d. | |