Claro Times - 10th September 1915

Mr T A Horner, Grange Avenue, Harrogate, has received news that Private Fred Horner and Drummer H Turner, of the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment, have been reported missing at the Dardanelles. Private Horner and Drummer Turner went out in July and have been together since enlistment.

Claro Times - 8th October 1915

Information has now been received that Private Harry Turner, of the 9th West Yorks, who was reported missing at the Dardanelles some weeks ago, was wounded and taken prisoner, and is now in a Turkish hospital at Constantinople. Private Horner, his companion of the same battalion, who was announced to be missing at the same time, has not been traced.

Harrogate Herald - 13th October 1915

We are pleased to be able to report that Drummer Harry Turner, of the 9th Yorkshire Regiment, who was reported missing a short time ago along with Private W C Horner (son of Mr J H Horner, of Grange Avenue, Harrogate), has been heard of by his parents. He was wounded and taken prisoner, and has written home from Constantinople.