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Blitz Victims List

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James Herbert Turpin

Key Facts

Date of Death: 20 April 1941

Place of Death: Injured 16 April at 251 Antrim Road and died at Mater Infirmorum Hospital

Age: 83

James was injured on the Antrim Road during the Easter Tuesday Raid.

He was taken to the Mater Infirmorum Hospital where he later died of his wounds.

James is buried at Oakvale Cemetery, Laois.

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