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Personal data

• Name HOPKINS
• Initials C
• First name CHARLES
• Place of birth Kidderminster
• Country Worcestershire
• Last residence 26 Rackfields
• Family Third son of Mrs. Hopkins, of 26, Rackfields, Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The eldest brother Harry Alfred Hopkins enlisted in the Territorials on the outbreak of the war; his brotherThomas Nelson enlisted in the Worcs Reg and was later transferred to the MGC; his brother Cyril enlisted in the 306th Brig. South Midlands Brig RFA; Harold Wilmot enlisted in the 3/2nd Midlands Brig RFA and the youngest brother Jack enlisted in 1916. All of the brothers survived the war. Two sisters: Annie and Elizabeth.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Worcester
• Service number 86534
• Rank Driver
• Regiment and unit 20th Div. Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 20th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Formerly Pte., 6Th Worcester Regt., 17776; returned to France in February 1917 after recovering from a wound to his left knee
  To France 29 July 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds in n° 17 CCS
• Date of death 29 July 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XVI - K - 11A

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