Geoffrey Gledhill Turner

Geoffrey Gledhill Turner

Geoffrey Gledhill Turner (1903 - 1959), Sub-Lieutenant (later Commander) of the RNVR is one of only eight people who have won both the George Cross and George Medal for gallantry.

He was responsible for defusing a succession of unexploded bombs and mines during the Blitz in Yorkshire and Lancashire. He won his George Cross for tackling a bomb which fell on Seaforth, near Liverpool-Stockport railway line. The fuse was badly damaged and exploded while Turner was attempting to remove it, wounding him. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette of the 27th June 1941.

He won the George Medal for recovering a mine from a German plane which had been shot down at Fairlight, near Hastings in Sussex. The citation was published in the London Gazette on the 18th of May 1943.

References

* [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/gc_and_gm.htm List of recipients of both the George Cross and George Medal] .

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