J.+TOPLIS

Toplis, Joseph, Lance Corporal, 13267, 2nd Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Attached 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Disembarked for service to Gallipoli in 1915 Born Matlock, Derbyshire Enlisted Derby Resided Matlock Killed in action 12th July 1916 aged 20 Son of A. Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New St., Matlock, Derbyshire, and the late John Toplis. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial

Note: Recorded as J Topliss on the 1914-15 Star First World War Medal Roll and serving with 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

1911 Census A school boy Son of John, a hydropathic bath attendant, and Lydia Toplis, of Clifton Villa, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire



(Article from the Derbyshire Courier, 29th July 1916)


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