Private 152649 John Alfred HOPKINS

Private 152649 John Alfred Hopkins{gallery}Pte J A Hopkins{/gallery}50th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. Formerly Pte 42370 Yorkshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Selle, France and Flanders, 17th October 1918, aged 22

• Buried: Quietiste Military Cemetery, Nord, France. Grave A.2
  
• Awarded: British War & Victory medals
• Son of John Charles and Annie Selina Hopkins [nee Lane]
• NNWFHS Memorial: King Edward VI Grammar School | Nuneaton Other Regiments | St Nicolas Church | Vicarage Street School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Hopkins
• Quietiste Military Cemetery
• Machine Gun Corps

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 20 Feb 1896 and baptised 22 Mar 1896 in Bakewell, Derbys
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Attended King Edward VI Grammar School
• Lived at 73 Arbury Road, Nuneaton [1901]
  
• Lived at Leicester Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Lived at 35 Duke Street, Nuneaton [1916]
  
• Employed as an office boy at a solicitors [1911]
• Enlisted at Coventry