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NAME:                      Hopkins, Wilfred James
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Royal Berkshire Regiment    (formerly 21243 Somerset Light Infantry)
BATTALION ETC:             5th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         23632
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 19th October 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 1894 Southampton. Son of William Charles & Ellen Alexander Hopkins.
                           Father died & mother remarried.
                           In 1901 & 1911 family (William & Ellen Phippard) living at 4 Sussex Terrace, All Saints, Southampton.
                           Address of mother on military pension records is 50 Coxford Avenue, Southampton.
                           Enlisted: Southampton. Resided: Sittingbourne, Kent.