BORN HULL 1888. ELDEST SON OF ROBERT & JESSIE ELIZA WHO LIVED ABOVE WITH 8 CHILDREN IN 1901 & LATER DAVENPORT AVENUE, HESSLE. SON OF A GOLDSMITH. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE SERVED AS PRIVATE, 22292, 2ND HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/06/1916, AGED 28. HE LEFT £51 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER. HIS NAME IS ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL AND RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH. HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE AT ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
First name:
COLIN TOPHAM
Military Number:
22292
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/06/1916
Place died:
Zouave Valley Cemetery, Souchez. France
Age:
28
