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VC1223 Victor Buller Turner
Name Victor Buller Turner No.
VC Issue No. 1223 Awards VC CVO
Regiment Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Later Royal Green Jackets
Now 2nd and 4th battalions, The Rifles
Rank VC Won Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Thatcham, Berkshire, England
Place Of Death Ditchingham, Norfolk, England
Buried/Location Ashes St Mary's Churchyard, Ditchingham, Norfolk, England
Cremated St Faith's Crematorium, Manor Road, Horsham St Faith, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Date Buried/Cremated 11 August 1972
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Cremation plot
Gazetted 20 November 1942
VC Presented 27 July 1943, King George VI, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Rifle Brigade Role of Fame Memorial, Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial Board, Dining Hall, Wellington School, Berkshire
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Great School, Wellington School, Berkshire
Entry in Book of Remembrance at St Mary's Churchyard, Ditchingham, Norfolk
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Broadway, Thatcham, Berkshire
P Named on Millennium Memorial, The Broadwat, Thatcham, Berkshire
P Turner Close, Ditchingham, Suffolk
P Victor Road, Thatcham, Berkshire
By The Way…
He was the brother of 668 Alexander Buller Turner VC who won his Victoria Cross in France 1915
VC Held By
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsular Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, England
BORN 17 January 1900
DIED 7 August 1972 AGE 72
VC Won 27 October 1942 AGE 42
Place VC Won El Alamein, Egypt
War/Campaign Second World War
