BORN HULL 1881. SCULCOATES, HULL. SON OF JAMES MARTIN TURNBULL (1848- 1914) & MARY JANE TURNBULL (1851-1949), OF 3 SYDHAM VILLAS, STANLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A PUB LANDLORD. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. WORKED AS AN APPRENTICE EBGINEER (1901 CENSUS) AND IRON MOULDER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1910.
HIS WIFE, DAISEY GIBSON, LIVED AT 6 CLEVELAND AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, (1911 CENSUS). EMPLOYED AS A BOLIER MAKER. HE ENLISTED HULL.
PART OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING, ON 20/10/1914, AGD 33.
DAISEY REMARRIED ON 15/11/1915 AND DIED ON 02/5/1917, AGED 28. THEIR DAUGHTER DORIS HILDA TURNBULLWAS LEFT IN GUARDIANSHIP.
A, TURNBULL NAME IS LISTED WITH 46 EMPLOYEES, ON HULL’S IDEAL BOLIER AND RADIATOR COMPANY MEMORIAL, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
