Lieutenant General Sir Richard Ernest William Turner was a senior Canadian Army officer who served during the Second Boer War and the First World War, and was a recipient of the Victoria Cross. While
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Turner in 1917 during the First World War.
Obverse and reverse of Turner's VC
Battle of Kitcheners' Wood
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The Battle of Kitcheners' Wood was fought in April 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in World War I.
Richard Turner (Canadian Army officer)
…fact the 3rd Brigade had not even been attacked yet. Turner was also responsible for sending two reserve battalions forward in a night-time attack on Kitcheners Wood, although he left the details to his subordinate Hughes. Much of the subsequent high casualty rate during the attack can be attributed to Hughes and…
Depiction of the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood
The oak leaf memorial in Sint-Juliaan, commemorating the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood.