| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Charles Turner | |||
| Born | 11 March 1862 Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire, England |
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| Died | 20 May 1926 (aged 64) Thatcham House, Thatcham, Berkshire, England |
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| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1886–1889 | Gloucestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 3 | |||
| Runs scored | 33 | |||
| Batting average | 6.60 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 17 | |||
| Balls bowled | 235 | |||
| Wickets | 3 | |||
| Bowling average | 39.66 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 1/16 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 11 June 2011 | ||||
Charles Turner (11 March 1862 – 20 May 1926) was an English cricketer and British Army officer. Turner's batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born in Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire and died at Thatcham House, Thatcham, Berkshire.
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Turner made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire in 1886. He played a further first-class match in 1886 against Sussex, before making a final appearance in 1889 against Middlesex.[1] He scored 33 runs in his 3 matches, at a batting average of 6.60, with a high score of 17.[2] He took 3 wickets with the ball, coming at 39.66 runs a piece, with best figures of 1/16.[3]
Prior to playing cricket, Turner was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment.[4] Turner was a proficient sketcher and reporter, as reported by his commanding officer on 29 November 1882.[5] The following year he undertook training at the School of Musketry in Hythe, Kent, where he became qualified to instruct the theory and practice of Musketry.[6] By 1902, Turner was a Major. It was in that year that he purchased Thatcham House,[7] which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. Turner was married to Jane Elizabeth Turner, with the couple having two sons: Alexander and Victor. Both of their sons served in the British Army, with both having the distinction of being awarded the Victoria Cross. Alexander was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in September 1915, while serving in the First World War.[8] He was wounded during the course of his actions, and succumbed to his wounds days later on 1 October 1915. Victor was awarded his Victoria Cross for gallantry during the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II, when commanding a battalion of The Rifle Brigade, the battalion he led fought off desperate counter-attacks by 90 tanks, destroying or immobilising more than 50 of them. During the action, one of the 6-pounder guns was left with only one officer and a sergeant, so Colonel Turner joined them as loader, and between them they destroyed another five tanks.[9] Only on three other occasions have brothers been recipients of the Victoria Cross.[10]