Battling Jack Turpin
Now in his 80th year, ''Battling'' Jack Turpin is the last surviving member of his generation of Britain''s best-known and best-loved boxing family.
Jack''s father, Lionel Turpin, came from British Guiana to volunteer for the British Army during the Great War. He was wounded on the battlefields of France and invalided to Warwick, the first black man to settle in the area. Lionel married a local gir...
Now in his 80th year, ''Battling'' Jack Turpin is the last surviving member of his generation of Britain''s best-known and best-loved boxing family.
Jack''s father, Lionel Turpin, came from British Guiana to volunteer for the British Army during the Great War. He was wounded on the battlefields of France and invalided to Warwick, the first black man to settle in the area. Lionel married a local gir...
