World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert Henry Turnbull
Forename(s):
Robert Henry
Surname:
Turnbull
Initial(s):
R H
Service Number:
61796
Rank:
Gunner
Regiment:
Royal Garrison Artillery, 15th Siege Battery
Died:
25/04/1916
Aged:
20
Buried:
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1
Service History:
Enlisted at Amble, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received.
Background:
Born about 1886, at Alnmouth, Northumberland, the oldest son of Cuthbert & Catherine Turnbull.
Five siblings: Thomas A. (b. about 1888; at Alnmouth; a Miner); Jane R. (b. about 1893; at Amble); Norman (b. 16 January 1898; at Amble; a Miner); James (b. 24 August 1900; at Amble); & Kate (b. about 1908; at Amble).
One of three sons lost: see, also, Boy Wireless Telegraphist James (Service #J76823; Royal Navy, HMS Ganges; Died 10 February 1918) & Private Norman Turnbull (Regimental service #18632; Northumberland Fusiliers, 13th [Service] Battalion; Died 18 July 1916).
Husband of Jane Turnbull (b. about 1888; at Amble), of 29, Gordon Street, Amble. They married about 1908 & had at least one child - Cuthbert was born in 1910.
Pre-enlistment occupation: Coal Trimmer (working on vessels in Warkworth Harbour).
Probate was granted at Newcastle upon Tyne on 4 December 1916 to Jane for 'Effects' valued at £173-11s-5d.
Local Memorial:
Amble War Memorial
