Hopkinson Royston Hanson Pte 3602380
Personnel Entry
Name Hopkinson Royston Hanson
Army number 3602380
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born Rochdale 1913/14.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Border Regiment, 15/2/1940. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 6/9/1940, and posted to the 10th Battalion The DLI. Served Iceland? Served Normandy. Wounded. Evacuated to the UK. DIED of WOUNDS 2/7/1944 sustained while with 10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 06-Sep-40
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded N W Europe 2/7/1944.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action DIED of WOUNDS 02-Jul-44. Buried Grave 3, Plot A, Basingstoke (Worting Road) Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads : TIME WILL NOT DARKEN NOR SHADOWS DIM, THE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES WE HAVE OF HIM.
Home address Resident of Rochdale. Son of George and Lilian Hopkinson, Husband of Ellen Hopkinson, Rochdale.
Source table 10DLI
