Soldier Profile - Canadian Fallen

TOPPING, CHARLES CLINTON ( C C)

Fullname: CHARLES CLINTON TOPPING ( C C)
Date of Birth: 1919-01-10
Place of Birth: Marysville, Ontario
Service #: R/10199
Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death: 1941-08-26
Incident: Missing in action after air operations, later presumed dead
Cemetery: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL

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Son of James and Edith Topping, of Marysville, Ontario. Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Band, ON. Survived by his parents and eight siblings - John Franklin, WM Harold, Edward Delbert, Thomas James, Clare Leonard, Mary Grace, Doris Ruth and Ethel Mildred. During his air training, Sgt Topping's superiors noted that he was "reliable, aggressive and mechanically inclined." These traits would come to serve him well throughout his military career.

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947; Series: RG 24; Volume: 30734

Credit: Veterans Affairs Canada; The Canadian Virtual War Memorial. Retrieved from https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1808930

Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Canada; Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947; Series: RG 24; Volume: 30734

TOPPING, CHARLES CLINTON ( C C)

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