| Name |
Ernest TAPPING |
| Rank/Number |
Private 9083 |
| Regiment |
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 |
| Last known address |
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| Cemetery |
Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
| Grave or Memorial Reference |
Panel 26 |
| Location of memorial |
Monks Risborough St Dunstan |
| Date/Place of birth |
Mar qtr 1876 Monks Risborough |
| Date/Place of baptism |
14 May 1876 Monks Risborough |
| Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
agricultural labourer |
| Parents |
Joseph & Rebecca Tapping |
| Parent's occupation |
labourer |
| Parents' Address (last known) |
1891: Owlswick, Monks Risborough |
| Wife |
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| Wife's Address (last known) |
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| 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 |
