CAPTAIN WILLIAM TURNER, 1ST GARRISON BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) (LATE 11TH BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS India General Service Medal 1908, Calcutta Mint issue, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (officially impressed: CAPT. W. TURNER.). Almost
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM TURNER, 1ST GARRISON BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) (LATE 11TH BATTALION THE CAMERONIANS India General Service Medal 1908, Calcutta Mint issue, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (officially impressed: CAPT. W. TURNER.). Almost Extremely Fine.
Medal accompanied by copied extracts from London Gazette and British and Indian Army Lists of the period.
William Turner was first commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 11th Battalion The Cameronians, 30/4/1915. He transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion on 27/1/1916 and was promoted Lieutenant, 1/7/1917 and Captain, 16/3/1918. He is recorded in the Indian Army Lists covering the period of the 3rd Afghan War, January and July 1919, as serving in India with the 1st Garrison Battalion, The Cameronians, which then formed part of the 4th (Quetta) Division. Those Indian Army Lists record Turner as being the Supervising Officer for Physical and Bayonet Training of the 4th (Quetta) Division, with a certificate of physical and bayonet training, and also as a qualified instructor in bombing and conversant in colloquial Hindustani.
The 1st Garrison Battalion The Cameronians was formed at Hamilton in February 1916 and went to India at the end of that month, arriving in India on 13/3/1916.
Units of the 4th (Quetta) Division played a prominent role on the North West Frontier and in Afghanistan during the 3rd Afghan War of 6th May to 30th September 1919.