He was killed in World War I[3] in the trenches near Kemmel on 10 January 1915 in a trench occupied by his platoon of the Liverpool Scottish when overseeing the organisation of a barbed wire entanglement.[4][6]
He is buried in an isolated plot in Kemmel churchyard, not in one of the larger Commonwealth cemeteries. He was buried in the Kemmel churchyard next to Percy Dale Kendall who captained England in 1903. His grave was prepared by Dr Noel Chavasse VC and Bar, MC, who also died at Ypres in August 1917. The battlefield consumed both graves and Kendal and Turner's remains have never been found. [2]
Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN1-905326-24-6)
^"Frederick Harding Turner Remembered". Oxford University RFC.
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frederick, harding, turner, other, uses, fred, turner, confused, with, freddy, turner, 1888, january, 1915, scotland, international, rugby, union, player, frederick, turnerbirth, namedate, birth, 1890, january, 1890place, birthliverpool, englanddate, death1, j. For other uses see Fred Turner Not to be confused with Freddy Turner Frederick Harding Turner 29 May 1888 10 January 1915 was a Scotland international rugby union player Frederick TurnerBirth nameFrederick Harding TurnerDate of birth 1890 01 10 10 January 1890Place of birthLiverpool EnglandDate of death1 July 1916 1916 07 01 aged 26 Place of deathKemmelberg BelgiumUniversityTrinity College OxfordRugby union careerPosition s FlankerAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Oxford University Provincial State sidesYearsTeamApps Points 1911Whites Trial International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1911 14Scotland1537Military careerAllegiance United KingdomService wbr branch British ArmyBattles warsBattle of the Somme Contents 1 Rugby Union career 1 1 Amateur career 1 2 Provincial career 1 3 International career 2 Military career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRugby Union career editAmateur career edit Turner was educated at Sedbergh and Trinity College Oxford 1 He played for Oxford University and Liverpool Provincial career edit He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 21 January 1911 while still with Oxford University 2 International career edit He was capped 15 times for Scotland in 1911 14 becoming captain of the squad in 1914 3 Turner was a back row forward who had taken the kicks in the last match before the war a Calcutta Cup match at Inverleith Edinburgh which Scotland lost 15 16 4 James Huggan and John George Will also played in this match 4 He also played first class cricket for the Oxford University Cricket Club 5 Military career editHe was killed in World War I 3 in the trenches near Kemmel on 10 January 1915 in a trench occupied by his platoon of the Liverpool Scottish when overseeing the organisation of a barbed wire entanglement 4 6 He is buried in an isolated plot in Kemmel churchyard not in one of the larger Commonwealth cemeteries He was buried in the Kemmel churchyard next to Percy Dale Kendall who captained England in 1903 His grave was prepared by Dr Noel Chavasse VC and Bar MC who also died at Ypres in August 1917 The battlefield consumed both graves and Kendal and Turner s remains have never been found 2 See also editList of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World WarReferences editBath Richard ed The Scotland Rugby Miscellany Vision Sports Publishing Ltd 2007 ISBN 1 905326 24 6 Frederick Harding Turner Remembered Oxford University RFC https www britishnewspaperarchive co uk viewer bl 0000576 19110123 110 0009 via British Newspaper Archive a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help a b Bath p109 a b c An entire team wiped out by the Great War The Scotsman CricketArchive CWGCExternal links editCommonwealth War Graves database An entire team wiped out by the Great War The Scotsman nbsp nbsp nbsp This Scottish rugby union biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Harding Turner amp oldid 1187344678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
