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VC723 James Youll Turnbull
BORN 24 December 1883
DIED 1 July 1916 AGE 32
VC Won 1 July 1916 AGE 32
Place VC Won Authuille, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name James Youll Turnbull No. 15888 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 723 Awards VC
Regiment Highland Light Infantry, 17th Battalion
Later Royal Highland Fusiliers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment Of Scotland
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Sergeant
Place Of Birth 49 Park Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place Of Death Near Leipzig Salient, Authuille, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Lonsdale Cemetery, Aveluy, 4 miles north of Albert, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 4, Row G, Grave 9
Gazetted 25 November 1916
VC Presented 2 May 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his father, James
Memorials
P Headstone, Lonsdale Cemetery, Aveluy, 4 miles north of Albert, Somme, France
Named On War Memorial, Oban, Highlands, Scotland
By The Way…
Gazetted as James Young Turnbull
VC Held By
Not Known
