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VC491 Sir Richard Ernest William Turner
BORN 25 July 1871
DIED 19 June 1961 AGE 89
VC Won 7 November 1900 AGE 29
Place VC Won Komati River Action
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Sir Richard Ernest William Turner No.
VC Issue No. 491 Awards VC KCB KCMG DSO
Regiment Royal Canadian Dragoons
Later
Now Royal Canadian Dragoons
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-General
Place Of Birth Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Place Of Death St Foy Veterans Hospital, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Buried/Location Ashes Mount Hermon Cemetery, Chemin St Louis, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section U
Gazetted 23 April 1901
VC Presented 1 October 1902, Prince of Wales (later King George V), Quebec, Canada
Memorials
Headstone, Mount Hermon Cemetery, Chemin St Louis, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
By The Way…
During the First World War he was the commanding officer of Canadian forces in Great Britain
VC Held By
Royal Canadian Dragoons Museum, Petawawa, Ontario, Canada
