WW1/WW2 Group - Turner - RN
J11581 CPO Leonard De Courcey Turner b Fulham 1895 Entered RN 1913 at Jutland aboard Malaya Admirals Cox'n 1926 Reentered April 1939 AB Pensioner Died 1984

1914-15 Star (J.11581. L.DE. C. TURNER, A.B. R.N.); British War Medal pitted from contact with Star (J.11581. L.DE C. TURNER. P.O.); Victory Medal (J.11581. L.DE C. TURNER. P.O.); Jubilee Medal 1935; Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal GVR (J.11581. L.DE C. TURNER. P.O. H.M.S. EFFINGHAM.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45 with France & Germany clasp affixed to ribbon; Defence Medal - unnamed as awarded and worn in that order.

Leonard De Courcey Turner was born in Fulham, London in 1895. He entered the Royal Navy in 1913 and was at Jutland aboard HMS Malaya. he was promoted to CPO (Admirals Cox'n) in 1926 and was awarded the LSGCM in 1928 aboard Effingham. He was awarded the 1935 Jubilee Medal as a Chief Petty Officer. 

According to the 1939 Register he was a Petty officer with the RN Air Arm at Alton and was living at 132 Avery Lane. Gosport. He re-attested for service in WWII as an Able Seaman (Pensioner) and was deployed as a Gunner/AB. By 1946 he was a Temporary Commissioned Gunner. 

He died at Kinlet near Bewdley, Worcestershire in December 1984

The medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with copied research