Awards & Winners

Richard Ernest William Turner

Date of Birth 25-July-1871
Place of Birth Quebec City
(Québec, Capitale-Nationale, Urban agglomeration of Quebec City, Canada, Communauté métropolitaine de Québec)
Nationality Canada
Profession Soldier
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Ernest William Turner VC, KCB, KCMG, DSO was a Canadian army officer during the Boer War and World War I, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross. While Turner always displayed great personal courage while under fire, he lacked the acumen for brigade- and division-sized tactics, and the men under his command during World War I suffered grievous losses in several battles before he was moved into administrative roles.

Awards by Richard Ernest William Turner

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1901


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 7 November, 1900, as Richard Turner of the Royal Canadian Dragoons during the Second Boer War.)