Cemetery: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial
Country: France
Area: Seine-Et-Marne
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Official Number:
Unit: 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.
Country of Service: British
Details: Mentioned in Despatches. Killed in action at Vailly 13th September 1914. Age 40. Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (France). Son of the late Maj. Gen. Toppin (Royal Irish Regt.) and of Mrs. Jane Toppin of Westminster Cottage Branksome Park Bournemouth and Blacklands Park Calne Wilts. Served in the Egyptian Campaign (1898) and the South African War (Mentioned in Despatches). Was French Interpreter. Took full Diploma R.G.S. for Survey Work. Employed by the Uganda Government (1904-8). Chief Commissioner of a party of British Officers representing Peru in demarcation of Boundary between Peru and Bolivia 1912
Photograph by David Milborrow