Source: Earned the Military Medal for “Bravery in the Field” during the actions at the Somme September 1916.
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Family Search: When Private William Francis Tope was born on 21 September 1892, in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Thomas Tope, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ann Davis, was 25. He married Rhoda Billing in 1918, in Plympton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Plymstock, Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died about 1966, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75.
Military Medal
Was a sniper according to a London Advertiser article interview of Sergeant M.H. Lee relating those who were in his sniping platoon.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 