Hopson Eric Gunner 838580
Personnel Entry
Name Hopson Eric
Army number 838580
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 28/6/1934. Basic Training. Various postings as yet unknown. Posted to Number 3 Reserve Regiment 29/2/1944. Posted to 1st Mountain Regiment 26/7/1944. Posted to Regimental Home Details 6/8/1944. Served Normandy? Posted to 2nd Mountain Regiment 3/4/1945. Unit Release - Y Release 4/12/1945. Release Section B Royal Army Reserve 18/3/1946. Relegated to the Z Reserve 28/6/1946. 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.
Source table
Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.
