Lieutenant Henry Rogers Turner
1910-1970
Mess Dress, c. 1937
Turner
studied at Radley College, located in Oxfordshire, and was gazetted to
the 7th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment on the 15th of January,
1930. The 7th Battalion was then part of the Territorial Army. He was
placed on the Unattached List for the Indian Army in 1934 and joined The
Central India Horse (21st King George's Own Horse) on the 1st of
September that year. The regiment was raised as two irregular cavalry
regiments at the outset of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, those being
Mayne's Horse and Beatson's Horse. Turner was advanced to lieutenant in
June of 1937 and served the regiment as quartermaster beginning in
September of 1939. The regiment’s horses were replaced with armoured
fighting vehicles in 1939 and the regiment later became part of the
Indian Armoured Corps. During the Second World War, the regiment served
as the divisional reconnaissance regiment for the 4th Indian Division
and were involved in the Western Desert Campaign, the East African
Campaign, the Tunisia Campaign, and the Italian Campaign. Turner served
as an acting captain prior to being made a temporary captain in August
of 1940. For his service, he was awarded the Military Cross on the 29th
of November, 1945. After the Partition in 1947, Turner returned to
England, where he resided in Hertfordshire.
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