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Headstone
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Inscription
MAJOR
S.M. TOPPIN, M.C.
ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
27TH SEPTEMBER 1917 AGE 39
†
FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH
Further Information
Sidney Miles Toppin
Son of : James Morris Toppin and Jane Toppin (née Mathews) of Blacklands Park, Wiltshire.
Born : 1878 (location unknown)
Married : 20 August 1914, Jessie Viva Coleman, at Christ Church, Sandown, Isle of Wight.
The CWGC records gives his wife as Viva Toppin, of Rose Bank, Sandown, Isle of Wight.
It is this reference which has caused
the inclusion of this casualty in this website. It is not known whether Sidney Miles Toppin ever lived
on the Isle of Wight.
CWGC record ...
Not commmemorated on any Isle of Wight Memorials.
Lives of the First World War record includes photograph and other biographical information.
Documents and Newspaper cuttings
Isle of Wight County Press, 22 August 1914
National Probate Calendar, 1918 The address shown is that of his parents.
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