Name	Ernest TAPPING
Rank/Number	Private  / 9083
Regiment/Unit	Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 2nd Battalion
Enlisted	Oxford
Age/Date of death	39 / 16 May 1915
How died/Theatre of war	Killed in action / France & Flanders
Residence at death
Cemetery	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference	Panel 26
Location of memorial	Monks Risborough
Date/Place of birth	Mar qtr 1876 / Monks Risborough
Date/Place of baptism	14 May 1876 Monks Risborough
Occupation of Casualty	agricultural labourer
Parents/Occupation	Joseph & Rebecca Tapping / labourer
Parents' Address	1891: Owlswick, Monks Risborough
Wife
Wife's Address
Notes	Ancestry, Soldiers Effects gives sole legatee as Ruth Barton. She was Ernests sister and married Josiah Barton in 1883. Some of the Military records are all under the surname of Topping. Although Ernest's name is listed under the Colonial Services it seems that this might have been the only available space, as his name was added some time after the Memorial had been erected and dedicated