1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
Turner
William Francis Robert
Lieutenant-Colonel
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Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion from March 1945
Lieutenant-Colonel William Francis Robert Turner succeeded Lieut.-Col. R. C. Macdonald as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion in March 1945. (War Diary, 18 March 1945)
He had commanded the 5th Battalion for over two years, and had last served with the 1st Battalion in 1939. (Borderers' Chronicle, June 1945, pp.56, 62)
He remained in command through the summer of 1945, and was awarded G.O.C.'s Commendation Cards in May and August 1945. (Borderers' Chronicle, September 1945, pp.107, 110)
At the 1945 Battalion swimming sports he won the plunging and the back stroke. (Borderers' Chronicle, September 1945, p.109)
The photograph is from a KOSB cricket week (undated).
