Antony Turner (cricketer)

Antony James Dillon Turner DSO MC (19 September 1907 – 4 October 1959) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.

The son of the cricketer Walter Turner, he was born in British India at Abbottabad in September 1907.

[2] In September 1932, he was seconded for service with the Colonial Office and proceeded to serve in the Sierra Leone Battalion of the Royal West African Frontier Force.

[11] Prior to the Second World War, he was appointed a staff captain at Aldershot Garrison in February 1939.

[7] He was later promoted to brigadier in January 1957,[18] while serving as a deputy adjutant general with the Middle East Land Forces.