BORN HULL 1888. SON OF JAMES & ELIZABETH HOPPER, OF 15, RICHARDS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EDUCATED AT HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
A RECKITT’S WORKER – DRY GOODS PACKER. HE JOINED THE FIRM ON 08/01/1902.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITHTHE 9TH SCOTS RIFLES. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 29. BURIED AT YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER. ELIZABETH.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
203209
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
20/09/1917
Place died:
YPRES TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION, BELGIUM
Age:
29
15, RICHARDS TERRACE, KENT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
