Plaque commémorative du caporal Frederick George Topham
Ville/Province : Toronto (Etobicoke), ON
Numéro du monument : 35021-002
Type : Plaque militaire provinciale
Lieu : Centre municipal d’Etobicoke
Coordonnées GPS : Lat: 43.64308205401213 Long: -79.56440393051334
Soumis par : Molly Sutherland; Terry MacDonald
Contiguë au cénotaphe, une plaque provinciale honore la mémoire du caporal Frederick George Topham, V.C., citoyen d’Etobicoke et héros de guerre. Elle a été posée en 1980. Référer au numéro mémorial:35021-001
Inscription sur le mémorial
CORPORAL FREDERICK GEORGE TOPHAM, V.C.
1917 – 1974
Born in Toronto, Topham was educated here before working in
the mines at Kirkland Lake. He enlisted on August 3, 1942,
and served at home and abroad as a medical orderly. On March
24, 1945, while serving with the 1st Canadian Parachute Bat-
talion, he defied heavy enemy fire to treat casualties sustained
in a parachute drop east of the Rhine, near Wesel. Rejecting
treatment for his own severe face wound, he continued to
rescue the injured for six hours. While returning to his com-
pany, he saved three occupants of a burning carrier which
was in danger of exploding. For these exceptional deeds,
Topham was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest decor-
ation for valour in the British Commonwealth.
Erected by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ministry of Culture and Recreation
Vue sur la rue
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