TURPIN, FREDERIC GEORGE
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Craftsman
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07/10/1944
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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers attd. 71st Inf. Bde. attd. 71st Inf Bde.
II. C. 12.
His memory dear is all we hold God reckoned him into his fold
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Son of Robert Richard and Alice Turpin, of Epping, Essex.
Born October 29th 1912, Epping, Essex. Initially buried at Meerveldhoven near the fieldhospital where he died of wounds.
“I have got some details of my Great Uncle: he worked for a building company W&C French in Essex, he was a great lover of motorcycles, his mother was very angry when he volunteered to fight in the War. She went away from her home and wouldn’t come back until he had actually left home to join up. So, she never saw him again, which is obviously very sad.”
From the service records of Frederick George Turpin, the following account can be reconstructed.
Frederick George Turpin was born on 29 October 1912 in Epping, Essex. He enlisted in the British Army on 5 September 1940 and joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
In August 1941 he transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, where he served as a fitter on military vehicles.
Frederick George Turpin was not married.
He embarked for service in North West Europe on 21 June 1944.
According to his service records, he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Frederick George Turpin died of wounds on 7 October 1944.
