In Loving Memory of my Dear Husband GEORGE TURNBULL Died 18th July 1933 aged 65 Years. Also GEORGE second son, Killed in Action 24th May 1917 Aged 21 Years. Also ISABELLA, Beloved wife and mother of above died 3rd February 1952.
George was born in 1896 in North Shields.1 George's father was George Turnbull and his mother was Isabella Hepple. He had two brothers and a sister, named William, Norman and Isabel. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died as a war casualty at the age of 21 on May 24th, 1917. His body was never found in May 1917 in London.
Death Notes
According to his parents headstone: George, second son of George and Isabella, was killed in action on the 24th May 1917, aged 21.
His memorial is inscrived at London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, although his death is also recorded on his parents headstone at Birkenhead, so perhaps hios body was recovered..
4th Engineer George Turnbull of the Liverpool registered defensively armed merchant Ship SS Belgian. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tower Hill memorial. He died when his ship was torpedoed and sunk 50 miles SW of Fastnet on 24th May 1917 by U-57.