Editing Randolph Turpin (section)

==Personal life==

After leaving school Randolph worked as a labourer on building sites. In 1945 he decided to join the Royal Navy's {{HMS|Ganges}}, a boy's training establishment where he was training to become a cook. He was known to serve 'cold and lumpy breakfast porridge', according to accounts of a fellow crew member. In 1986 John Douglas recalled; "As a member of the boxing team, and later lightweight champ of the Home Fleet, I was selected to sort out the chef. I thought it was going to be easy, but he was one of the few who treated us as humans, he was also pleasant, with a ready smile. So, I let him off."{{clarify|reason=Who's serving the porridge here, and who's sorting out whom?|date=January 2025}}

However, as he was talented at boxing, he was allowed to spend most of his time training for upcoming contests because of the Kudos his winning of national titles brought to them. He stayed in the Navy until 1948.<ref name="birtley" />

He was charged in 1945 with trying to commit suicide following a lovers' tiff with his then girlfriend Mary Stack, after swallowing liniment. Attempted suicide was at that time a criminal offence. However, the incident was investigated and was determined to be accidental.<ref name="birtley" />

He married his first wife Mary (née Stack, 1928–2019) in 1947. However, the marriage was not a happy one. The problems between them stemmed from the fact that they were both teenagers when they married and as such were still immature. She believed that he was cheating on her with other women behind her back. In addition, he had a controlling personality and was short-tempered. She stated that he was not averse to using his fists, to settle arguments between them.

She accused him of domestic abuse in 1948. The incident had occurred after he had stayed out all night and she had asked him when he got home, where he had been. He initially said that he had stayed at a friend’s house. She didn’t believe him and thought that he had spent the night with another woman. He had then told her that it was none of her business what he got up to in his own time. She stating that he had attacked her. Hitting her with a broom handle with such force that it broke. When she had cried out "Don't hit me anymore. I am expecting a baby." He had said "Well, I'll soon fix that" and kicked her in the stomach whilst she was lying on the floor, where he had knocked her. Turpin denied her allegations but did admit to slapping her face when she had sworn at him and called him names. The charges against him were dismissed at the end of the court case. They had a son together called Randolph Turpin Jr but were eventually divorced in 1953. Following the divorce Turpin became estranged from his son.<ref name="birtley" /><ref>https://www.flickr.com/photos/vieilles_annonces/6341987518</ref>

Turpin met Adele Daniels when training in America for the return fight with Robinson. They started a relationship and he promised to marry her and bring her to England. He lost touch with her when he went back home but they rekindled their relationship when he returned to America for the Olson fight. Following the fight, she accused him of rape and assault. Turpin was arrested but she dropped the charges during the course of the subsequent trial and settled for an out of court payment. Turpin denied her allegations and stated that she was trying to get her revenge on him for reneging on his promise to marry her.<ref name="bfi" /> 
The incident led to Randolph falling out with his brother Dick whom he blamed for telling Daniels what had happened in his first marriage.<ref name="birtley" />

Turpin developed a reputation for being a playboy and womaniser during his peak years and was named in a divorce action, where a husband alleged that Turpin had committed adultery with his wife.<ref name="birtley" />

Turpin met his second wife Gwyneth (née Price, 1925–1992) the daughter of a Welsh farmer whilst training for the Robinson fight at Gwrych Castle in Wales. They married in Wellington, Telford in 1953 and had four daughters, Gwyneth, Annette, Charmaine and Carmen.<ref name="birtley" />

He had a keen interest in reading American comic books, when he wasn't busy training, he would often be found reading them on the grounds of Gwrych Castle in the evenings and when he was done, he'd fold them into his pocket, he was also interested in reading poetry.