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Reg Turnell
Personal information
Full name Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell[1]
Date of birth c. 1892
Place of birth Aberystwyth, Wales
Date of death 23 November 1917 (aged 25)[2]
Place of death Cambrai, France
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913 Glossop 3 (0)
1913 Southport Central 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Reginald Blundell Leaf Turnell (c. 1892 – 23 November 1917) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Glossop.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Turnell attended New College, Oxford.[4] He served in the King's (Liverpool Regiment), the Royal Flying Corps and the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[1] Turnell was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps in July 1916, but an accident in October 1916 forced him to depart the Corps.[5] He was serving as a second lieutenant on probation in the Middlesex Regiment when he was killed in an attack at Cambrai on 23 November 1917.[1][4] Turnell is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southport Central 1912–13[5] Central League 9 1 0 0 9 1
Career total 9 1 0 0 9 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Reginald Leaf Turnell | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 293. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. ^ a b "Story: From the Southport Visiter dated 22nd December 1917". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Player Details". SFC FPA. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)