South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 11466 Edward HOPKINS - 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Died of wounds on Friday October 8th 1915 aged 21


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
Gallipoli 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Helles Memorial
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
25 Jul 1915 ~ Henley-in-Arden
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
The Gallipoli Campaign After 5 Aug 1914 at Stratford on Avon  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
Hospital Ship Neuralia - buried at sea ~  
     

Circumstances of Death

Edward is listed as dying of his wound on 8 Oct 1916 aboard the Hospital Ship Neuralia and he would have been buried at sea which is why he is remembered on the Helles Memorial

We do not know when Edward was originally wounded or admitted aboard HMHS Neuralia we do know that there we no "Set Battles and that on September 19 the battalion, now over 500 strong, went up to trenches near Chocolate Hill, and for the next three months occupied the same piece of ground without
the possibility of rest or change. There was little to break the monotony till, on November 26, there came a terrible storm of rain.

The battalion war diary shows men being wounded on an almost daily basis, mainly by snipers, and does not help narrow down the date Edward was wounded and so we have not transcribed it.



 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Jul Qtr 1894 at Henley in Arden 13 Aug 1894 at Henley in Arden
   
Parents Names Abode
John Robins and Mary Ann Hopkins 21 High Street, Henley-in-Arden
   
Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History
1894 - Henley in Arden 1911 - Boot Makers Apprentice
1901 - High Street, Henley in Arden   
1911 - 21 High Street, Henley In Arden  
1915 - 21 High Street, Henley In Arden  
   
  • Formerly a volunteer at the VAD Hospital in Henley
  • A member of the Society of Foresters
  • In his will Edward left some personal effects to his fiancee Miss G. Smith, New Cottage, Warwick Road, Stratford on Avon