Biography – Sapper Cyril Turner

Family situation

• Cyril was born on Christmas Day 1919 into a family of seven who lived in a cottage on Common Lane.
• He attended Betley School.

Employment

• He worked as a farm labourer and later on a building site in Alsager.      

Service

• Although he had the chance to return to farming as a reserved occupation he enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a sapper.
• He served in Cyprus and North Africa.
• The circumstances of his death do not appear to be known and he is recorded as missing in action.

Commemorated

• He is commemorated on Alamein Memorial in Egypt Column 51.