World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
Generally showing where they are commemorated, when they died and some basic facts about each person. There are gaps, however, so if you can fill in any missing details do please contact us.
George Turnbull
Forename(s):
George
Surname:
Turnbull
Initial(s):
G
Service Number:
1720
Rank:
Trooper
Regiment:
Yeomanry, Lothians & Border Horse
Died:
13/02/1915
Aged:
42
Buried:
St Gregory the Great's Churchyard, Kirknewton, Northumberland
Service History:
Enlisted at Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland.
Died at Craigleith Hospital, Edinburgh.
N.B. The UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 (available via Ancestry.co.uk) records the date of death as 12 February.
Background:
Son of George & Elizabeth Turnbull, of Milfield Hill, Wooler, Northumberland.
(N.B. Notwithstanding being native to the same general area of Northumberland, their parents having the same forenames, & their ages being such they could even be father & son, there appears to be no obvious connection with Arthur James Turnbull, above.)
Local Memorial:
Kirknewton War Memorial