William Turvey (1894 - 1918)

Born 1894 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Died 3 Dec 1918 at about age 24 in France

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William Turvey was Killed in Action during World War I.

Biography

William Turvey was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1894.^[1]

He was living in Stratford in 1901, aged 7, with his parents and two siblings,^[2]

He was working in Stratford as an errand boy in 1911, aged 17, living with his parents and six siblings,^[1]

Gunner William Turvey of the Royal Field Artillery died of disease while serving in France on 3 Dec 1918, aged 25, and was buried in the Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWZB-G5J : 7 July 2019), William Turvey in household of William Turvey, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS8S-568 : 21 May 2019), William Turvey in household of William Turvey, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Stratford On Avon subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ William Turvey, Commonwealth War Graves Commission