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Lance Corporal WILLIAM TOPPING

Service Number: 42785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

I. V. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Grandson of James and Jane Agatha Topping, of 23, Dale St., Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED NOBLY FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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