Samuel Turner
Private, 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles
- Register No.
- 1240 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles all 60th Rifles VCs →
- Date of action
- 19 June 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Indian Mutiny
- London Gazette
- 20th January 1860 on this day → all of 1860 →
- Born
- in February 1826 at Witnesham, Ipswich, Suffolk
- Died
- 13th June 1868 at Meerut, India
- Memorial / grave
- Buried in an unmarked grave at St John's Cemetery, The Cantonment, Meerut, India
- Medal held by
- unknown
Digest of citation
Private Turner, during a heavy engagement with the enemy on the night of 19th June 1857 at Delhi, India, when the enemy attacked at the rear of the camp, carried off a mortally wounded officer, Lieutenant Humphreys, of the Indian Service, under extremely heavy fire. Private Turner himself had received a sabre cut wound. His gallant conduct saved the officer, who died, from the fate that was suffered by the others. Their mutilated corpses were recovered the following day
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
TURNER, Samuel. (reg No. 1240).
Private. 1st Battalion. 60th Rifles. * London Gazetted on 20th January 1860.
VC Medal's Custodian is unknown.
Born in February 1826 at Witnesham, Ipswich, Suffolk.
Died on 13th June 1868 at Meerut, India.
Buried in an unmarked grave at St John's Cemetery, The Cantonment, Meerut, India.
Digest of Citation reads: Private Turner, during a heavy engagement with the enemy on the night of 19th June 1857 at Delhi, India, when the enemy attacked at the rear of the camp, carried off a mortally wounded officer, Lieutenant Humphreys, of the Indian Service, under extremely heavy fire. Private Turner himself had received a sabre cut wound. His gallant conduct saved the officer, who died, from the fate that was suffered by the others. Their mutilated corpses were recovered the following day.
* King's Royal Rifle Corps.
* King's Royal Rifle Corps.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: Buried in an unmarked grave at St John's Cemetery, The Cantonment, Meerut, India
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