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Private WILLIAM HOPKINS

Service Number: 27959
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Date of Death

Died 12 July 1918

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGSTON CEMETERY

D. 106.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Nellie Hopkins, of 15, North St., Wigston.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SON, PTE. W. HOPKINS WAS KILLED IN MALAYA 10-12-1941 AGE 23 THEY DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGSTON CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 35
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