View source for Hopkins Willis Arthur Gunner 3532673

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|Surname and forenames=Hopkins Willis Arthur
|Army number=3532673
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Manchester Regiment 16/10/1939.  Underwent Basic Training and postings not yet detailed but probably to the 9th Battalion of the Regiment.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery 1/11/1941 on the conversion of the Infantry Battalion.  Posted to the 88th Anti-Tank Regiment.  Posted to 40 Reinforcement Holding Unit.  Posted to Draft REMST 10/8/1944.  Seved Normandy.  Posted X List (4) 12/8/1944.  Posted to Draft CMHZN.  Posted X List 14/8/1944.  Posted to the 68th Anti-Tank Regiment 21/8/1944.  Posted X List (4) H 2/9/1944.  Transferred to the KIng's Own Scottish Borderers 5/9/1944 and posted to the 1st Battalion.  41/RA/Records 53.  Documents transferred from Infantry Records Perth to Royal Artillery (Anti-Aircraft).  Relegated to the Z and ZT Reserve 23/1/1951.
|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.