Tribute for Falklands victim

Ian Turnbull

A NAVY chef who lost his life 30 years ago during the Falklands conflict will be remembered with a wreath-laying ceremony. Ian Turnbull had just turned 18 when he became one of 19 crewmen to go down with HMS Coventry as it was sunk by Argentinian aircraft. The assistant cook was the only person from Hartlepool to be killed during the 1982 war when the destroyer was struck on May 25 near Pebble Island. His aunty, Jean Young, said not a day goes by without his family remembering “fun-loving, happy-go-lucky gentle giant”. The 8th Hartlepool Company of The Boys’ Brigade is to mark the 30th anniversary of the attack with a ceremony at Westbourne Methodist Church, in Westbourne Road, at 7.30pm on Friday. Ian, a former Brierton School pupil from the Owton Manor estate, was a member of the company before he signed up to the Navy at just 16. Jean, 64, who lives on the town’s Fens estate, said: “It feels like a long time ago, but then I remember it like yesterday. Read more HERE