A Father and Son WW1 Mercantile Marine and WW2 Casualty Group of Five  

Father served in Mercantile Marine in WW1, Son killed in action in H.M.S. Avenger in November 1942

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Pair: H. Turney, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals 1914-18 (Henry Turney), GVF 

Three: Storekeeper R. H. Turney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, who was killed in action in H.M.S. Avenger in November 1942 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, the side inscribed, ‘DNA (Wills)’ and ‘11306/42,  EF

Robert Henry Turney was killed in action on 15 November 1942, when the escort aircraft carrier H.M.S. Avenger was torpedoed and sunk by U 155 off Gibralter with a loss of 67 officers and 438 ratings, the biggest single loss sustained by the Royal Navy during the course of the North African landings; the above described forwarding box is addressed to his mother, ‘Mrs. M. A. Turney, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton.’