2734321 Guardsman Ronald John TOPHAM, 1 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1937
Army Number: 2734321
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Ronald John TOPHAM
Unit: 1 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 23 May 1919
Place of Birth: Glosedel ?

Date of Death: 29 May 1940

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17895939
Reference: WO 416/364/515
Name: Ronald John Topham.
Date of Birth: 23/05/1919.
Place of Birth: Glosedel.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2734321.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 29/05/1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.

 

Casualty
Lance Serjeant TOPHAM, RONALD JOHN
Service Number 2734321
Died 30/05/1940
Aged 21
1st Bn. Welsh Guards
Son of Charles Henry Topham, and of Edith Topham, of Monkswood, Monmouthshire.
INSCRIPTION: FOR HONOUR, LIBERTY & TRUTH, THEY GAVE THEIR GLORIOUS YOUTH. MOTHER
Buried at WEST CAPPEL CHURCHYARD
Location: Nord, France
Number of casualties: 38
Cemetery/memorial reference: Sp. Mem. Row A. Grave 16.