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Friday, April 25, 2014

He was a great skipper, the picture speaks for itself.

Captain Albert Turner was the skipper on King George V's Yacht Britannia.  On his marriage 27th of march 1930 he was presented with this engraved silver inkwell by the members of the royal household at Buckingham Palace.

Marquise of Haulford.                    Sir Harry Verney.
Lord  Edgecombe.                          Lady Cynthia Colville.
Admiral Sir Stanley Colville.        Admiral Sir Henry Butler.
Sir Derek Keppell.                        Lieut. Col. Douglas Gordon.
Lord Shaftsbury.                            Mr. George Colville.
Admiral Sir Henry Campbell
     
Captain Turner lived in Malting House in the High Street


Wivenhoe Memories collection.

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