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Robert Topping

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Topping
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 22
Address 10 Talbot Road, Plank Lane
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Miner
Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Batt
Day of Death 30
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue
Regiment Number 3944
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Formerly a half back for Leigh Football Club. Son of William and Jane. Born in Abram
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 14/7/16