Richard Ernest William Turner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Victoria Cross
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Richard Ernest William Turner
- Lieutenant General Sir Richard Ernest William Turner, (25 July 1871 – 19 June 1961) 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 Turner always displayed great personal courage while under fire, he lacked the acumen for brigade- and division-sized tactics, and the men under his command during the First World War suffered grievous losses in several battles before he was moved into administrative roles.
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