Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Thomas Charles and Emma Turner. The 1911 census records for 14, Church Square, Market Harborough, Leics. Thomas C. Turner, head of the family and married for 20 years, a General Dealer, born 1842 in Wellington, Salop, and his wife Emma, Assisting in the Business, born 1858 in Maidwell, Northants., also Cecil Harry, son, a School Boy, born 1899 in Market Harborough, Leics., Lillie, daughter and a Hosiery Hand, born 1892 in Maidwell, Northants. Additionally Arthur Kay, boarder, single and a Tailor, born 1879 in Ulverston, Lancs., Arthur Smith, boarder, single and a Tailor, born 1868 in Preston, Lancs., Arthur Green, boarder, single and a Tailor, born 1863 in Norton Thorpe, Yorks. and William Brown, boarder, single and a Tailor, born 1866 in Wrexham, Denbighshire.