BORN HULL 1878. SON OF CHARLES HOPWOOD (1846-1907) & MARY FAITH DIXON (1851-1933). HIS PARENTS WERE FROM HULL AND MOVED TO LONDON FOR WORK IN 1881. CHARLES WORKED AS A FRUITIER & GREEN GROCER. HE MARRIED HARRIET EMMA FISHER, IN BATTERSEA, ON 30/10/1898. THEY LIVED WITH THEIR SIX CHILDREN, AT 286 HAYDONS ROAD, SOUTH WIMBLEDON, SURREY, LONDON. HE ENLISTED IN WIMBLEDON. JOINING AS PRIVATE, 482 IN THE 1ST EAST SURREY REGIMENT. HE SERVED IN FRANCE FROM 03/12/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON THE 23/05/1915, AGED 38.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
First name:
CHARLES GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
482
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/05/1916
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
38
