Claude Eugene Turton
Service number
8663
Military unit
2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Address
Derby
Date of birth
Date of death
02 Oct 1915 (28 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
He was a leather dresser
- Family History
- Military history
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Family history
Claude Eugene Turton was born in 1887 at Nottingham, he was the foster son of Mrs Sophie Brewer of 60 Gladstone Street Hyson Green Nottingham.
He was lodging at 19 Silverdale Road, Basford, in 1911, he is 27 yrs of age and is a leather dresser in a skinyard.
Military history
Private Claude Eugene Turton, enlisted at Derby and served with the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, landing in France on 8th October 1914, he was killed in action on 2nd October 1915. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Extra information
additional research and information Peter Gillings
Photographs
Photo of Claude Eugene Turton
Loos Memorial, Belgium