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Military service
Service number:
790360
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
November 28, 1897
Death:
October 22, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXV. J. 17A.
Additional information
Son of John and Elizabeth Topping, of 5550, Yew St., Kerrisdale, British Columbia. Native of Preston, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Topping
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Photo of JOHN TOPPING
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
J. Topping is commemorated on this cenotaph in Fort Langley, British Columbia -
Cenotaph
Cenotaph at Ft. Langley British Columbia -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
Source: Library and Archives of Canada -
Attestation Papers
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Photo of LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Entrance to Lijessenthoek Mil. Cem. -
Photo of LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
J.Topping grave marker, (front row, centre). Sept 2011 -
Photo of LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Pvt.John Topping's grave marker. Sept 2011
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Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
Digital gallery of
Private John Topping
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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