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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

Headstone

Photographer: Michael McCann

  • 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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