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VC725 Thomas George Turrall
BORN 5 July 1885
DIED 21 February 1964 AGE 78
VC Won 3 July 1916 AGE 30
Place VC Won La Boiselle, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Thomas George Turrall No. 20572
VC Issue No. 725 Awards VC
Regiment Worcestershire Regiment, 10th Battalion
Later Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment
Now 2nd Battalion The Mercian regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth 23 Oakley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Place Of Death Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Buried/Location Ashes Robin Hood Cemetery, Olton Road, Solihull, West Midlands, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section A-4 North, Grave 193
Gazetted 9 September 1916
VC Presented 30 December 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Robin Hood Cemetery, Olton Road, Solihull, West Midlands, England
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
By The Way…
On his return to Birmingham after winning his Victoria Cross, he was greeted by the Mayor, Neville Chambelain
VC Held By
Worcestershire Regiment Museum, Worcester City Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
