1 February 1941 Loss of Henry Peter Turpin

Henry Peter Turpin was shot in the back by German Soldiers. It was claimed, by the Germans, that he was arrested in the Military zone and broke free to escape, and was subsequently shot in the back for failing to obey the stop order. His brother Corentin Julian Turpin may have been with him on this fateful night as he was tried later in February for 'resistance to members of the armed forces.

It was reported by the Police that Henry was a married man with two children (his wife and daughter had evacuated and his son lived with the grandparents). Henry lived in a bungalow named 'Westward Ho' (below) in the Militarised zone of St Ouen and was believed to have been returning from his neighbour's bungalow 'Baycfroft' which was about 50 yards away on the Five-mile road.

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