Colonel Turner:
Hero of the front line
The front line at Yser, 1917. While British solders hide in fear of yet another barrage of fire there are sounds of laughter and an applause in a trench. Hooray, chaps!
It is the battalion led by Colonel Turner welcoming their hero. Not because he brings ammunition or victory, but because he is armed with a fresh load of fragrant tobacco. For himself and his men.
The Turner Tobacco
This was not the first stunt pulled by Colonel Turner. The Turner Tobacco spread like wildfire amidst the mud, craters and gas attacks. This British colonel knew like no other the art of keeping his men happy and ready to fight.
He didn’t care less that this meant risking life and limb along shortcuts and smuggling routes: his men’s morale was his greatest goal, and tobacco was the quickest manner to achieve it.
The wonder
of the polder
Indeed, there were times when the colonel disappeared from the front line for hours, but he always returned. Armed with new supplies of tobacco and renewed courage. The respect he earned from his troops knew no bounds and the camaraderie was legendary.
In the final offensive in WW I not a single soldier in Turner’s battalion lost his life. A wonder some say, but not if you ask Turner: for him it was the ultimate demonstration that ‘Tommys’ will do anything for each other and surpass themselves when they need to.
GLORIOUS
REUNIONS
The name and fame of The Turner Tobacco goes beyond the front line. Turner’s unique achievement in leading an entire battalion through the war without loss earned him many medals.
However, he did not care for the silver on his chest. What made him happiest was to see his comrades again. Legend has it that the annual reunions in the British countryside were as illustrious as the time in the trenches. For decades the Smoking Soldiers shared stories of bravery and deprivation, but most of all the cigarette and tobacco that united them.
Colonel Turner:
Hero of the front line
The front line at Yser, 1917. While British solders hide in fear of yet another barrage of fire there are sounds of laughter and an applause in a trench. Hooray, chaps!
It is the battalion led by Colonel Turner welcoming their hero. Not because he brings ammunition or victory, but because he is armed with a fresh load of fragrant tobacco. For himself and his men.
The Turner Tobacco
This was not the first stunt pulled by Colonel Turner. The Turner Tobacco spread like wildfire amidst the mud, craters and gas attacks. This British colonel knew like no other the art of keeping his men happy and ready to fight.
He didn’t care less that this meant risking life and limb along shortcuts and smuggling routes: his men’s morale was his greatest goal, and tobacco was the quickest manner to achieve it.
The wonder
of the polder
Indeed, there were times when the colonel disappeared from the front line for hours, but he always returned. Armed with new supplies of tobacco and renewed courage. The respect he earned from his troops knew no bounds and the camaraderie was legendary.
In the final offensive in WW I not a single soldier in Turner’s battalion lost his life. A wonder some say, but not if you ask Turner: for him it was the ultimate demonstration that ‘Tommys’ will do anything for each other and surpass themselves when they need to.
GLORIOUS
REUNIONS
The name and fame of The Turner Tobacco goes beyond the front line. Turner’s unique achievement in leading an entire battalion through the war without loss earned him many medals.
However, he did not care for the silver on his chest. What made him happiest was to see his comrades again. Legend has it that the annual reunions in the British countryside were as illustrious as the time in the trenches. For decades the Smoking Soldiers shared stories of bravery and deprivation, but most of all the cigarette and tobacco that united them.
