Francis Turner

Francis Gordon Turner (1 March 1890 — 21 November 1979) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and educator.

The son of John Turner and his wife, Esther, he was born at Kensington in March 1890. He was educated at Westminster School, before matriculating to Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, he became an assistant master at Twyford School in Hampshire between 1911 and 1913, Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 14 runs by Eric Kidd. He left Twyford in 1913 to become an assistant master at Felsted School. Serving the entirety of the war on the Western Front, In the same month, he was made a temporary captain, prior to gaining the full rank of lieutenant two months later. Turner was awarded the Military Cross in the 1917 Birthday Honours. In August of the same year, he was serving at headquarters as a brigade major. He remained in France until the end of the war, being demobilised in February 1919. Turner died in November 1979 at Deal, Kent.