2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
02/05/1944 (Unknown)
Age:
20
Summary
Gordon Turnbull was the son of James Turnbull. He was born about 1924. Fusilier Gordon Turnbull was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died at Anzio in Italy on 2nd May 1944. Operations in January 1944 landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio, but defences were well organised, and a breakthrough was not actually achieved until May.
Further Information
Gordon Turnbull was the son of James Turnbull. He was born about 1924.
Fusilier Gordon Turnbull was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died at Anzio in Italy on 2nd May 1944.
Operations in January 1944 landed troops behind the German lines at Anzio, but defences were well organised, and a breakthrough was not actually achieved until May. The site of Beach Head War Cemetery originally lay close to a casualty clearing station. Burials were made direct from the battlefield after the landings at Anzio.
Fusilier Gordon Turnbull is buried in Beach Head War Cemetery at Anzio in Italy. His inscription reads: THY WILL BE DONE
Fusilier Turnbull is commemorated locally on Kilrea War Memorial.
The CWGC record Fusilier Gordon Turnbull as the son of Mr and Mrs James Turnbull of Kilrea, County Derry, Northern Ireland.
