Hopper, Daniel Watson

Robert Jeffrey and Dan Hopper (seated, right), of the 1/4th EYR

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF DANIEL HOPPER (1860-1935) & AMELIA STOWE OVERTON (1862-1920), OF 31, MAPLE STREET, HULL AND 70, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ONE OF 10 CHILDREN. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY MESSENGER.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 1739, 4TH EYR. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 238135, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED IN BOTH ARMS AND DIED OF WOUNDS AT YPRES, ON 29/08/1918, AGED 22. HE IS BURIED AT THE POZIERES CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD”.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, AMELIA.

HE IS PHOTOGRAPHED WITH HIS PAL, PRIVATE ROBERT JEFFREY, 4TH EYR, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE SAME ATTACK. (HDM 17/05/1917). THE HULL TIMES ON 22/05/1915 REPORTS THAT DAN HOPPER, LIVED AT 70, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL.
HIS BROTHER PTE, GEORGE ALLAN HOPPER, ROYAL ENGINEER’S, RAILWAY DIVISION, DIED AT DUNKIRK, ON 07/04/1918, AGED 24..


First name:
DANIEL WATSON
Military Number:
238135
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/08/1918
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
22
70, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK