In Memory Of

TOPHAM, ALBERT ALFRED

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 1879-07-02
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit 2:
 attd. South African Road Corps
Regiment:
 General List
Former Regiment:
 formerly Cpl MT/4017 SASC MT
Date of Death:
 1918-12-07
Cause of Death:
 Died of Spanish Influenza
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VII. E. 3.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM (UPANGA ROAD) CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 January 1919 pg. 1511
Son of the late Henry George and Georgiana Topham (nee Farrands); husband of Olive Topham (nee Steel-Howard), of 87, Buiten St., Sunnyside, Pretoria. Born Calais, France. Served Boer War from 1899 till 1902 as Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers. He participated in several battles. Then, he decided to stay in South Africa. He was sub-inspector of roads and bridges, in the Public Works Department, based for a while in Rustenburg, promoted inspector in Transvaal. His boss was Alfred Desormaux Holmwood who was Chief inspector of roads and bridges for Transvaal from 1903. Around 1925, A. D. Holmwood has been appointed Superintendent of Roads and Works. A. A. Topham married to Olive. They had four girls before 1917. He joined the 1 SA Road Corps, served as Lieutenant in East Africa.