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George Turnbull

Taken about 1908 and sourced from Individual - Mark Grey.

George Turnbull jnr

This picture was taken about 1908 and sourced from Individual - Mark Grey.

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.

General Notes
- Fourth Engineer Officer George Turnbull

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- George Turnbull
  - b.Jul 1868 in Northumberland d.18 Jul 1933 in Birkenhead
  
  George Turnbull
  - b.1896 in North Shields d.24 May 1917
  
  Isabella Hepple
  - b.1870 in Northumberland d.03 Feb 1952 in Birkenhead

¹ 1901 UK Census
Source/Citation Individual - Mark Grey

George Turnbull

Ancestor Pedigree Chart