1st Battalion The 60th Rifles

Born:
February 1826, Witnesham, E. Suffolk.

Died:
13 June 1868.

Buried:
St John's Cemetery, Meerut Cantonment, India.
Grave not marked.

Service:
No record of service found.
On discharge in India, gave place of residence as Simla.

CITATION

For having, at Delhi, on the night of 19th of June, 1857, during a severe conflict with the enemy who attacked the rear of the camp, carried off on his shoulders under heavy fire, a mortally wounded officer, Lieutenant Humphreys, of the Indian Service. During the service, Private Turner was wounded by a sabre-cut in the right arm. His gallant conduct saved the above named officer from the fate of others, whose mangled remains were not recovered until the following day.