Son of John Cardwell Topping and Mary Jane Topping, of 73, Hawthorne Road, Deane, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly Private, Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned October 1916.
Topping, Eric –
Personal details
- Surname: Topping
- Forename: Eric
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: April 25th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Mary the Virgin (Deane) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- St. Peter's (Daubhill) Wesleyan Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: IV. E. 3.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 04/05/1917 04/05/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d 4h 6c* S19*