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Retford

 

Recorded here are the names of each serviceman and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice with details of service, awards, and cemetery and memorial details. 

 

Private Herbert Stanley Topping

Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Killed in Action aged 19 on 5th November 1951 at the Battle of Maryang-san

No Known Grave, Commemorated on the UN Wall of Remembrance, Pusan, Korea, The Retford War Memorial, Market Square, Retford. Family Grave Retford Cemetery

Mentioned in The Times 24th November 1951 & The Times 19th January 1952