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Réal Topping

In memory of:

Private Réal Topping

June 15, 1916
Mont Sorrel, Belgium

Military Service


Service Number:

61180

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 12, 1897
Les Escoumins, Côte-Nord, Quebec

Enlistment:

October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Jean-Auguste-Réal Topping. Son of John Henry Topping and Claudia Côté, of Escoumins, Côte-Nord, Québec. He attested that he was born in 1895 on his enlistment papers.

Commemorated on Page 174 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VII. C. 47.

Location:

AEROPLANE CEMETERY is located 3.5 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Zonnebeekseweg (N332), a road connecting Ieper to Zonnebeke. Two roads connect Ieper town centre onto the Zonnebeekseweg; the Torhoutstraat leads from the market square onto a small roundabout. At the roundabout the first right turn is Basculestraat. At the end of Basculestraat there is a cross roads and Zonnebeekseweg is the turning to the left. The cemetery itself lies 3 Km along the Zonnebeekseweg on the right hand side of the road, shortly after a French cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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