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The CWGC record Fusilier Gordon Turnbull as the son of Mr and Mrs James Turnbull of Kilrea, County Derry, Northern Ireland. |
| 16/04/2020 |
Fusilier Turnbull is commemorated locally on Kilrea War Memorial. |
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Fusilier Gordon Turnbull is buried in Beach Head War Cemetery at Anzio in Italy. His inscription reads: THY WILL BE DONE |
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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. |
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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. |
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Gordon Turnbull was the son of James Turnbull. He was born about 1924. |
