Sergeant Herbert Charles Hopkins
| Date of Birth | c1890 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 28 |
| Date of Death | 21/03/1918 |
| Service Number | 683594 721545 |
| Military Service | 22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queens) |
| Merton Address | Cyril Villa, Graham Avenue, Mitcham, Surrey |
| Local Memorial | St. Barnabas' Church, Mitcham |
Additional Information
Herbert Charles was the second son of Elizabeth and William Hopkins, his parents Elizabeth Silver had married William Thomas Hopkins on the 25th of December 1887 at St Anne, Poole’s Park in Islington. Marriage records reveal that William Thomas’s occupation was that of a whitesmith.
The 1901 Census reveals that the five members of the Hopkin’s family resided at number 9 Tracey Street in Lambeth. Forty-one-year-old William Thomas was employed as a warehouse tea sorter.
According to the 1911 Census, the Hopkins family resided at Cyril Villas in Graham Avenue in Mitcham, fifty-one-year-old William Thomas was employed as a painter in the building trade. His 22-year-old eldest son William was employed as a shop assistant while Herbert Charles was employed as a clerk in an estate office and their youngest brother as a estimating clerk to a sanitary engineer. William and Elizabeth had been married for 24 years and the couple had 3 children who were all alive and well in 1911.
Herbert Charles’s service record is not available through Ancestry, he enlisted at Kennington rising to the rank of sergeant in the 22nd (County of London) Battalion and was killed in action on the 21st of March 1918. He is remembered with honour at Unicorn Cemetery in Vendhuile.