Awards & Winners

James Youll Turnbull

Date of Birth 24-December-1883
Place of Birth Glasgow
(Scotland, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories, United Kingdom, Strathclyde)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
James Youll Turnbull VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Before World War I, he played rugby for Cartha Queens Park RFC and was a member of the 3rd Battalion of the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers. He was a sergeant in the 17th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the Battle of the Somme in First World War. On 1 July 1916, Turnbull was awarded the VC for his actions at Leipzig Salient, Authuille, France, where Turnbull's party captured a post of apparent importance, and defended it "almost single-handed[ly]". Later in the day he was killed while engaged in a bombing counter-attack. He was 32 years old.

Awards by James Youll Turnbull

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1916


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on July 1, 1916 as Sergeant of the Highland Light Infantry during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)