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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Turner
Initials:H
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/15382
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 28/6/17 to 4/1/17. 11/12/1915 enlisted as Pte, Army Service Corps MT, No. M/286441, age 21/4 years, occupation Drapers Assistant, address: mother Chapel Gate, Whaplode Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Served BEF 1917. Pte. 19 Welsh Regt. No. 60602. Home address: Whaplode Drove, Wisbech, Cambs. 7/1/19 Discharged.Attested 11/12/1915, Army Reserve 12/12/1915, Mobilized 27/1/1917, ASC MT, 17/2/1917 compulsory transfer to Welsh Regiment, No. 60602, 64 TR Bn, 57 TR Bn, 66 TR Bn, 24/5/1918 attached on probation to MFP, 15/5/1918 transferred to MFP, served with APM 6 (Cheshire) Area Western Command, 7/1/1919 discharged from Chester War Hospital no longer physically fit for war service.
Info from Pension Index Card: Turner, Herbert, A/L/Cpl, MFP, P/15382, 2864-29185-60602, Dis. 7/1/1919, SFJ 1474, 11/M//67932, Whaplode, Drove, Wisbech, Stamp: Ad 21/1/1919 at 8/3d from 8/11/1919 to 8/7/1919, Chelsea no. VV.50.1939, received 22/1/1919.
Herbert Turner.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/145 March 26, 1919)
Citation: Badge No. B135141. Enlisted 26/1/1917, discharged 7/1/1919. K. R. 392 (xvi). Served abroad.