12th Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps (British Army)
Died:
16/07/1943 (Unknown)
Age:
23
Summary
William John Turkington was the son of William James and Margaret Turkington. He was born about 1920. Trooper William John Turkington was serving with the 12th Royal Lancers, part of the Royal Armoured Corps when he died on 16th July 1943. He was 23 years old. Trooper William John Turkington is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery in Libya.
Further Information
William John Turkington was the son of William James and Margaret Turkington. He was born about 1920.
Trooper William John Turkington was serving with the 12th Royal Lancers, part of the Royal Armoured Corps when he died on 16th July 1943. He was 23 years old.
The regiment served with the 8th Army throughout the Desert and North African Campaigns. The 12th were the first British troops to link up with the Americans in Tunisia in April 1943.
Trooper William John Turkington is buried in Tripoli War Cemetery in Libya.
Commemorated on family grave in Drumcoo Cemetery in Dungannon.
William John Turkington is commemorated locally on the family headstone in Drumcoo Cemetery, Dungannon.
It reads: ‘Turkington. In loving memory of Margaret Turkington Died 8th January 1943, aged 58 years And her son William John Died 16th July 1943 age 23 (interred in Tripoli) Also her husband William James Died 28th Nov 1948 aged 64 years And her daughter Ethel Died 24th Nov 1986 aged 73 years Safe in the arms of Jesus.’
There is a J Turkington listed on Moy War Memorial as having died in World War Two. It is not known if this refers to this man.
The CWGC record Trooper William John Turkington as the son of William James Turkington and Margaret Turkington. He is also listed as the husband of Ruth Turkington of Liverpool.
