View source for Hopkins Peter Gunner 14278672

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hopkins Peter
|Army number=14278672
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted - probably conscripted - 3/9/1942 in the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery 14/10/1942 and posted to the 9th Field Training Regiment.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment 15/12/1942.  Posted to the Regimental Home Details 6/8/1944.  Served Normandy?  Posted to the 3rd Mountain Regiment 6/4/1945.  Posted overseas.  Posted X List (2) South East Asia 4/7/1945.  Returned to 3rd Mountain Regiment 9/7/1945.  Posted to 123rd Field Regiment 1/12/1945.  Posted X List 2 5/7/1946.  Returned to 123rd Field Regiment 12/7/1946.  Posted to 6th Medium Regiment 16/8/1946.  Posted X List (2) India 9/11/1946.  Returned to 6th Medium Regiment 2/1/1947.  Returned to the UK.  Release Y List (7) 14/3/1947.  Release 31/5/1947.  Relegated to the Z/T Reserve 31/5/1947.  Demobilised. 
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address=No family information yet. 
}}

Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.