Turpin Robert Barker Thornton C/Sgt 4384644 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:38, 3 May 2015

2015-05-03T16:38:34Z

70bgadmin at 08:48, 24 April 2015

2015-04-24T08:48:29Z

70bgadmin at 15:59, 20 April 2015

2015-04-20T15:59:34Z

70bgadmin at 15:34, 20 April 2015

2015-04-20T15:34:38Z

70bgadmin: CSV import

2014-01-27T18:09:33Z

CSV import

New page

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Turpin Robert Barker Thornton
|Army number=4384644
|Rank=C/Sgt
|Age=0
|Unit=Green Howards, Trf Durham Light Infantry 28/8/1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Posted ? Bn DLI, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 10/8/1945, R/E DLI, Posted 8th Bn DLI,
|Source table=11DLI
}}

@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |Died/Killed in action=3/9/1964 at Royal Leicester Infirmary, aged 60.  Probate granted 23/2/1965.
 |Home address=Son of William and Annie Jane Turpin (nee Thornton).  Married Elizabeth Greener in the Lanchester District on 3/8/1925 and subsequently Mary English.  At the time of his death he was living at 108, Stoughton Street, Leicester.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939
 |Died/Killed in action=3/9/1964 at Royal Leicester Infirmary, aged 60.  Probate granted 23/2/1965.
-|Home address=Son of William and Annie Jane Turpin (nee Thornton).  Marriage data being clarified - research suggests he married Elizabeth Greener in the Lanchester District on 3/8/1925.  At the time of his death he was living at 108, Stoughton Street, Leicester.
+|Home address=Son of William and Annie Jane Turpin (nee Thornton).  Married Elizabeth Greener in the Lanchester District on 3/8/1925 and subsequently Mary English.  At the time of his death he was living at 108, Stoughton Street, Leicester.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 |Army number=4384644
 |Rank=C/Sgt
-|Date of birth=18/12/1903
+|Date of birth=18/12/1903 at South Medomsley Colliery.
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Served in the ranks of the Green Howards  (Enlistment Book not available).  Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 28/8/1939.  Embodied 1/9/1939.   Posted 11th Bn DLI.  ? BEF.  Served Iceland.  Served Normandy?   Posted ? Bn DLI on Brigade disbandment.   Trf Royal Army Service Corps 10/8/1945 (RASC Records show transfer date as 10/5/1945).   Class Z Army Reserve 18/10/1945.   Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, Posted 8th Bn DLI.
 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=3/9/1964 at Royal Leicester Infirmary, aged 60.  Probate granted 23/2/1965.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=Son of William and Annie Jane Turpin (nee Thornton).  Marriage data being clarified - research suggests he married Elizabeth Greener in the Lanchester District on 3/8/1925.  At the time of his death he was living at 108, Stoughton Street, Leicester.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}