Name
Charles Elijah Topham
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/01/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/89534
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
KNEBWORTH (ST. MARTIN) CHURCHYARD
N/A
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Knebworth Village Memorial, Knebworth (old)
St. Martin’s Church Memorial, Knebworth (New)
St. Martin’s Church Roll of Honour, Knebworth (New)
St. Martin’s Church Framed Memorial, Knebworth (New)
Pre War
Charles was born in West Ham, London. He worked as a Pump Driver on the railway and lived at 15 Westland Road, Knebworth.
Wartime Service
He joined the Army on the 5th January 1917, just four weeks before his 18th birthday and remained in the UK. He and did not serve overseas and died at Fort Pitt, Chatham, as a result of Broncho Pneumonia.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
