Alfred Clough"Fred" TURNER, ,O.B.E

Male 1900 - 1974  (74 years)


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  • Name Alfred Clough"Fred" TURNER 
    Suffix ,O.B.E 
    Nickname Fred 
    Born 28 Jun 1900  Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Oct 1974 
    Person ID I23461  Kirkpatrick Family
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2024 

    Father Very Reverend Alfred TURNER, ,Moderator of the Unitarian Church in Ireland,   b. 28 Nov 1861, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Robina GETTY,   b. 1 Feb 1869, Ballycarry, Templecorran, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1944  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1892  Ballycarry Non Subscribing Presbyterian Church, County Antrim Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorothy FLEMING,   d. 1971 
    Married 1927 
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F4854  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Barbara SMITH,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1972 
    • Barbara was a long-time friend and colleague of Alfred, who had been his theatre sister during the war.
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F4857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Alfred Clough Turner was born at Templepatrick, county Antrim, on 28 June 1900, a son of the manse. After schooling at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution he followed his father and elder brother into Army service and at the age of 17 volunteered for the 17th Lancers, but served only briefly before the Armistice in 1918.

      He received his medical training at Queen's University, Belfast, graduating in 1923, and after house appointments at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and the West London Hospital, Hammersmith, joined the Indo-European Telegraph Department and Company in 1927 as surgeon based at Tehran. Two years later he returned to Britain and joined the Anglo-Persian Oil Company as surgeon and deputy chief medical officer. He remained with the company for the rest of his working life, taking the F.R.C.S.Ed. in 1933. From the time he joined the Anglo-Persian Oil Company he showed an uncanny clinical acumen which greatly impressed his colleagues, who eagerly sought his advice and counsel with their medical problems. In 1939 he joined the R.A.M.C. and was posted to Netley with the rank of major.

      In 1942 he joined No. 11 British General Hospital and embarked for the Far East. After the fall of Singapore the hospital was redirected to Madagascar and eventually to the Middle East. As lieutenant-colonel in command of surgical division he accompanied the Allies' successful advance through North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. At the close he held the rank of colonel in command of the hospital, shortly afterwards being appointed O.B.E. for his services.

      In 1946 Turner went back to Iran to continue his peace-time activities and in 1950 returned to the head office of the company in London as consultant surgeon, which position he held until his retirement in 1960.


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