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In memory of:

Corporal William James Lambert Topping

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Korean War Monument

Citation(s);

1939-1945 Star
Italy Star
France and Germany Star
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea
Canadian Korea Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Military service

Service number: SC 79110
Age: 30
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: The Royal Canadian Regiment
Birth: June 28, 1923 Smiths Falls, Ontario
Enlistment: June 2, 1948 Kingston, Ontario
Death: September 16, 1953 South Korea

Burial/memorial information

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: Plot D Row A Grave 2
Additional information

Husband of Lillian (née Hopkins) Topping of Smiths Falls, Ontario. Father of Dennis, Wayne and Diane. Son of James and Isabella Topping.

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Korean War (1950 – 1953)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 73 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance.
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YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY Japan

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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