View source for Hopkins Robert Pte 4457226

{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hopkins Robert
|Army number=4457226
|Rank=Private'
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?.  Injured in road accident 7/5/1944.  Served Normandy? Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 23/4/1946.
|Source table=10DLI
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=(At time of death).Not yet known.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
|Joined Brigade=On being posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Yes - injured in a motor cycle accident in which he was the pillion passenger and suffered a broken left leg.  The rider - Private Niles of the Battalion was killed in the accident and a copy of the Press report of the inquest is set out below.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet ascertained.
|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  No details available as yet.
}}

[[File:A78da748-ebf5-499c-9e1d-8ce0d895ab2d.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|Local Press Cutting reporting fatal road accident.]]


We are grateful to historian Jim Tuckwell who researched the newspaper article and kindly forwarded a copy for inclusion on the Website.