Arthur Turner

Brigadier-General Arthur Jervois Turner, (10 June 1878 – 8 September 1952) was British Army officer and an English cricketer and rugby union player. A right-handed batsman, right-arm underarm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914, predominately for Essex. He also played for the Egypt national cricket team. whilst another brother John played first-class cricket in India, as did his nephew Antony.

He was educated at Bedford Modern School, gaining a place in the school's cricket team when aged 13. He played four seasons for the school, captaining them in 1895. his wife died 6 months later, he never remarried. He died in Sussex in 1952

He played just two County Championship matches in 1909, also playing for Essex and the South of England against Australia and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South. His final matches for Essex were in the 1910 season, playing five times for them in the County Championship, his last match coming against Yorkshire in August. against Warwickshire in 1899. Whilst he was considered an all-rounder at school, against Lancashire in 1898. After taking 14 wickets in his first three seasons, he took only one more first-class wicket in his career.

Military career Turner was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1897. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1900), where he was promoted to lieutenant on 23 December 1900, was severely wounded and mentioned in despatches. He returned to serve in South Africa in 1902, and received a substantive commission as lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 26 March 1902, attached to the 61st Battery. Following the end of the war, he returned home with the men of his battery on the SS Sicilia in October 1902, when the battery was posted at Woolwich.

He later served in France during the First World War and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. He was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He achieved the rank of brigadier general,