{"id":11840,"date":"2020-07-06T20:13:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=11840"},"modified":"2022-08-25T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:33:13","slug":"turner-george-richard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=11840","title":{"rendered":"George Richard Turner (1866-1943). Drowned in village pond."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Richard Turner<\/strong> (1866-1943). <\/strong>
Drowned in village pond.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

George drowned in the village pond opposite the King’s Arms<\/a><\/em> only six month after another man – Ernest Twite<\/a><\/em> – also drowned there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a copy of part of the front page of the Yarmouth Mercury that reported his death on Saturday 2nd<\/sup> January 1943. It says:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOST WAY AND FELL INTO POND<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Martham Man\u2019s death In Black-out<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A verdict of \u201cAccidental Death\u201d was recorded by the Norwich District Coroner (Mr G W Barnard)  at an inquest at Martham on Monday on George Richard Turner (76) of 4 Gaze\u2019s Terrace, Martham, whose body was recovered from the pit at the village green on Sunday (3rd<\/sup>) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coroner found that Mr Turner, who was a widower and lived alone, fell into the water after losing his way in the darkness on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was evidence that he was a man of sober habits who went out on Saturday nights only to have one pint of beer. He had never used an electric touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarkable thing is that both Mr Twite<\/a><\/em> and Mr Turner lived at Gaze\u2019s Terrace and both drowned in the same pond within six months of each other. <\/p>\n\n\n

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George Richard Turner (1866-1943). Drowned in village pond. George drowned in the village pond opposite the King’s Arms only six month after another man – Ernest Twite – also drowned there. Below is a copy of part of the front page of the Yarmouth Mercury that reported his death on Saturday 2nd January 1943. It … Continue reading “George Richard Turner (1866-1943). Drowned in village pond.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t