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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM TOPLEY

Service Number: 17820
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

T. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Caroline Topley, of Lambeth, London; husband of Alice Eliza Topley. of 137, Lollard St., Kennington, London.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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