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Military service
Service number:
A/36379
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
July 15, 1893
Holkham, Norfolk, England
Enlistment:
January 14, 1915
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
June 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Son of Alexander J. Topham, of Te Puna, Tauranga, New Zealand.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private James Alexander Moncreill Topham
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Church
This is a view of the Abbey Church, Thorney where James Topham's name is commemorated. He was born at Holkham, Norfolk, England. -
Memorial
This shows the setting of the memorial inside the Abbey Church, Thorney. James Topham's grandparents, Joseph & Anne Topham lived nearby at Thorney Park. -
War Memorial
This War Memorial tablet inside the Abbey Church, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England has James Alexander Moncrief Topham's name commemorated on it. He was born at Holkham, Norfolk, England and previously served a year in the Norfolk Yeomanry. He enlisted on 14/1/1915 at Edmonton and described himself as a Teamster. His address and that of his father , Alexander James Topham was given as Box 12 Stony Plain , Alberta. His mother was Scottish and called Dorothy Veitch Topham. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private James Alexander Moncreill Topham
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Moncreill Topham
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Moncreill Topham
Digital gallery of
Private James Alexander Moncreill Topham
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 174 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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