Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Shepherd Turneham
Norman Percy Shepherd Turneham
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: SHEPHERD-TURNEHAM, Norman Percy
Status: Died
Address: "Basildon" Wootton Road
Rank: Captain
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 6th
Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment
Chronology: from December 1914, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, France
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: near Thiepval
Date of death: 28 September 1916
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Reference: Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D.
Notes: The book lists him as just Norman Percy SHEPHERD
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