View source for Hopwood William Gunner 1117417

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|Surname and forenames=Hopwood William
|Army number=1117417
|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 Royal Artillery 16/1/1941.  Underwent Basic Training - probably at the 25th Medium/Heavy Training Regiment.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment 14/5/1941.  POsted to Regimental Home Details 6/1/1944.  Served Normandy?  Posted to the 3rd Mountain Regiment 6/4/1945.  Posted to Regimental Home Details 8/4/1945.  Posted to 2nd Mountain Training Regiment 3/7/1945.  Posted to 14th Medium Regiment 22/12/1945.  Posted to the Coastal Artillery and Searchlight Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness 6/1/1946.  Y List 7 31/1/1946.  Relegated to the Z(T) Reserve 16/7/1946.  Demobilised.  Discharged from the Reserve under TA Regulations 204 (ii) 24/8/1951.  Documents to the N E Library.
|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.