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Serjeant JOSEPH TOPPING

Service Number: 20511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE

II. B. 13 (Jt.)

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Topping, of 6, Atherton St., St. Helens, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HONESTY LIBERTY AND TRUTH HE SACRIFICED HIS GLORIOUS YOUTH
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Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 486
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