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First Name: | Walter | Last Name: | HOPKINS |
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| Date of Death: | 28/08/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Brentford | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Fusiliers4 | |
| Memorial Site: | Brentford Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-21 313, High Street, Brentford Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Belgium 4th Royal Fusiliers, 9 Brigade, 3rd Division went into the line near Sanctuary Wood in the Ypres salient on the night of 19th-20th August, 1915 and remained there for over a week. At 4pm on 28th August, 1915, a large howitzer opened up on the German trenches opposite their position and in the inevitable retaliation that followed Y Company were hit by German shells which killed four men and wounded another five. |
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