Ernest Aubrey TURLE

Jul 1873 - between Apr 1951 and Jun 1951

Bank clerk

Life History

Jul 1873	Born in St Mary Magdalen, Taunton
6th Aug 1873	Baptised in St John Taunton.1 as Aubrey
1881	Recorded in census in Taunton, Somerset (Chapman Buildings, Taunton St Mary)
1891	Occupation Bank clerk
1891	Recorded in census in Fordingbridge, Hampshire (Fordingbridge) 1891 boarder
1901	Occupation Bank clerk
1901	Recorded in census in Taunton, Somerset (59 High Street Taunton)
1936	Resident in Bristol, Somerset (Waverley Road, Bristol, Somerset)
between Apr 1951 and Jun 1951	Died in Bristol, Somerset as Aubrey E

Sunday Dispatch, September 30, 1936

In September 1936 Aubrey told the Sunday Dispatch the story of how he was able to see after having difficulty seeing since a baby. He had been going blind from birth but when he was just two months old he lost the sight of his left eye. He went on to be a bank clerk but the strain on his right eye brought on a sever attack of Iritis. By 1903 Aubrey had had to give up work. In 1903 he was knocked down by a motorcycle causing him to spend a year and a half in bed. The accident also caused him to be stone deaf. In the 1930's Aubrey was admitted to the Central London Eye Hospital where he underwent several operations by Mr Tudor Thomas, the world famous eye surgeon from Cardiff who pioneered ophthalmic corneaplasty in the 1930's. By the time Aubery went home he could see enough to be able to read.