Albert Medal - Lt Turner

Award of Albert Medal to Lieutenant Turner:-

"On 2nd March 1939 at 06.40 hours HMS Ramillies was off Gozo making preparations to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making the ladders ready to hoist out, and carried Sergeant Young overboard. Lieutenant Turner immediately dived into the rough sea in an attempted rescue and was last seen about 40 yards away from the ship swimming towards Sergeant Young. However both men disappeared beneath the waves and their bodies were never found. "

The Albert Medal was a British decoration instituted to recognize the saving or endeavouring to save the lives of others. It existed from 1866 until 1971.