Walter Hopkins

In memoriam

PRIVATE ​Walter Hopkins (1896-1917). He was born at Minehead, Somerset, in 1896 and was the son of James Hopkins (1854-1926) and Mary Jane Hopkins nee Yeandle (1860-?) of 3 Church Street, Minehead. In WW1 he enlisted at Taunton into the 10th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment as Private 13460. Having fought in France during the early part of the war his Battalion were redeployed to Salonika in Greece in November 1915 to fight the Bulgarian forces. He was killed in action, aged 20 years, on the 11th of February 1917, and was buried at the Doiran Military Cemetery, Doirani, Regional unit of Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece, Plot VI. G. 4. He is commemorated on the War Memorial in his home town of Minehead. ​His brother, Albert Hopkins (1892-1917), is also commemorated on Minehead's War Memorial. He was killed in action at Nebi Samwil, in southern Palestine whilst serving with the 1st/5th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry​. SOURCE: https://wsaw.weebly.com/minehead.html Contributor: John Smith (51177019)

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