Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner VC CVO (17 January 1900 - 7 August 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Read more about Victor Buller Turner: Background, Victoria Cross Details, The Medal
Famous quotes containing the words victor, buller and/or turner:
“The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory. We love to see animals fighting, not the victor raving over the vanquished.... It is the same in gambling, and the same in the search for truth.... We never seek things for themselves—what we seek is the very seeking of things.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“And returned on the previous night.”
—Arthur Buller (1874–1944)
“We inherit plots.... There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.”
—Janette Turner Hospital (b. 1942)