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GLOUCESTER BROTHERS ON HMS GOOD HOPE
At Monday’s meeting of the Gloucester City Council, Mr W.L.
Edwards, referring to the Mayor’s description of the Sheriff
and himself (Mr Bruton) as twins, because they had both entered the
Council on the same day, said he was reminded of a very tragic incident
of which he had heard. It happened that on the HMS Good Hope, which
went down in the Pacific, there were two Gloucester men, named Turner,
who were twins – one had been an employee of the Corporation,
and the other of Messrs. Beavon and Co. – and both had perished
with the vessel. Speaking with emotion, Mr. Edwards said that in the
one case there was a family of six children, and he knew it would
be the wish of the Council that everything that was possible should
be done for them.
The brothers referred to are Edward Turner, 94, Cecil-road and Henry
Turner, 26, Granville-street, Gloucester.
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Article from the Gloucester Journal, dated November 14, 1914.
Supplied by Julia Smees, Grand-daughter of Edward Turner. |
