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Letters from George Turner to Ruth Turner. The earliest letter (9 February 1926) is about George Turner's appointment as the Master of Marlborough. The second letter (22 April 1935) was written while George Turner was visiting Washington D.C. In the third letter (1 January 1938), George Turner apologises for deciding to leave his role at Marlborough and take a job as Master of Makerere, as Ruth Turner was living at Marlborough College.

The other letters cover the period 1944 - 1945, when George Turner was Master of Makerere College, Uganda. He touches on the war, his living conditions, his social engagements, and his job.

Letters from Francis Turner to Ruth Turner. The letters cover their health, travels, and George Turner's move from Marlborough to Makerere College, Uganda. Several of the letters are written in a faux-old style, and given corresponding false dates.

Letters spanning 1924 - 1978, written by H.R. McIlwaine, A.C. Benson, A.B. Ramsay, Bamber Gascoigne, Leon Lovett, R.F. Bennett, Shane Leslie, Arthur Vogel, Francis Turner's doctors, well-wishers after George Turner's death, and Francis Turner's solicitor.

The letters cover academic matters, music, Magdalene College, health, A.C. Benson, Francis Turner's x-rays, and Francis Turner's will. A large portion of the letters were written to Francis Turner after the death of George Turner.

2 handwritten essays by George Turner:

• 'Relics', dated June 1909, and signed "G.C.T."

• 'An Essay on Cave-dwellers', dated 9 April 1921. It is unsigned. There is an inserted page entitled 'Remarks added to Literary Society'

5 black and white photographs of George Turner throughout his life. One photograph is of George Turner in his Royal Flying Corps uniform. There is a studio photograph of George Turner in a suit with a cardboard frame. There are two photographs of George in a white suit, one in which he is standing next to a man in a white blazer jacket wearing shorts (possibly from Makerere). The final studio photograph is of George Turner in a suit.

Photograph album, compiled by George Turner, covering his service during the First World War.

Handwritten inscription in ink:

The War -
1914-1919
George Turner
Marlborough College

Blank

4 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink:
2/23rd: London Regt: in the White City
October - December, 1914

3 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of two men in uniform on horseback:
C.O. + Adjutant on Wimbledon Common

Caption handwritten in ink under portrait of man in uniform:
The Quartermaster

Caption handwritten in ink under portrait of man in uniform on motorbike:
H. G. Pemberton

4 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 12 men in uniform:
‘G’ Company Buckley Williams

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 20 men:
Mess Orderlies, B Company

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 11 men:
Coln Sgt: Jarvis Bolt + others

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 10 men:
B Company

3 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo a large collection of men posing in kitchen:
Cooks of the Lagon Cafe

Caption printed on the bottom of a group of men:
23rd London F Company Mess Orderlies

There is no caption under a portrait of three men in uniform just '?'

3 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of three men posing, two in cooks uniforms:
Cooks of the Lagon Cafe

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of man on horseback:
Luit: Crabbe at [?] Depot
St Albans April, 1915

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of man wearing an apron:
A butcher

4 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of 3 men and a horse:
G.C.T. [George Turner] George Butt Hutton

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of a group of seated men wearing uniform posing:
N.C.O’s

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
‘C’ Company at Bishops Stortford
June, 1915

4 photographs, black and white

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
‘C’ Company. Platoon Groups

1 photograph, black and white ; 1 pasted in Christmas card

Card titled “Christmas and the New Year 1916 142nd Infantry Brigade The London Regiment” pasted in. Black and white cover, interior page shows a colour illustration of the activities in the regiment in each of the four seasons.
Caption handwritten in ink under card:
142 Infantry Bri [Brigade]:

Photograph card titled “Official photograph showing British advance in the West”
Caption handwritten in ink under card:
Wrecked British Transport near LOOS: Sept. 1915.
Photo: described in paper as ‘captured German transport’

Caption handwritten in ink on photo man on horseback:
[signature]
May 1917

Caption handwritten in ink under photo of a group of 6 men in uniform:
‘C’ Company Officers

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
HOULLE - April 1917

George Turner’s pass to allow passage in France.

Caption handwritten in ink under pass:
Laissez-passer - Nice, February 1916.
Includes a passport sized photo.

Caption handwritten in ink under a portrait photo of a man and woman:
Sergeant and Mrs Lassing

Caption handwritten in ink under a portrait photo of 3 men in uniform:
Captain: Broadnibb Captain: Roqus
Lt captain: Davies
Orderly Rou Staff

Caption handwritten in ink under a portrait photo of a man in uniform:
D.G. Way

Caption handwritten in ink at the bottom of the page:
7th Battalion at Noeux les Mines (?) - Spring, 1916

Typewritten caption pasted at the bottom of page:
C. 185. Three cheers for the Lord Mayor.

Caption handwritten in ink at the bottom of the page:
47th Division: Staff and Lord Mayor
Spring, 1916

Caption handwritten in ink under image of field with ruins and lone figure:
Battery Position - VERMELLES.

Caption handwritten in ink under image ruins:
The Water Tower O.P. VERMELLES.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destruction:
Harrison’s Crater - LOOS

Caption handwritten in ink under image of trench:
The Double Crassier - LOOS

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed building, soldiers sit in the rubble:
Battery Position - FESTUBERT

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed field:
GIVENCHY

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed clocktower:
BETHUNE Square - 1919

Caption handwritten in ink under image of field of mounds, sole figure stands atop:
The Brickstacks CUINCHY

Caption handwritten in ink under image of crater:
Site of the Hohenzollernn Redoubt

Caption handwritten in ink under image of road through destroyed landscape:
FESTUBERT

Caption handwritten in ink under image of destroyed landscape:
Craters within VIMY Ridge.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of road:
SOUCHEZ.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of trench and sign reading ‘Coburg Subway’:
COBURG Trench - VIMY Ridge.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of mound topped with crosses:
The Butte de Warlencourt.

Caption handwritten in ink under image of wooden cross inscribed with “47th LONDON DIVISION 15th Sept 1916”:
Divisional Memorial in High Wood.

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
Somme, 1916

Typewritten caption pasted at the bottom of page:

8. A German front line trench.

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
? Somme, 1916

Typewritten caption pasted at the bottom of page:
C. 332. Bombers going up to the front line.

Caption handwritten in ink at bottom of page:
Somme,1916

Typewritten caption pasted at the bottom of page:
C. 1076. Scene on the Somme front.