John Hopley

Remembered with Honour in the Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France1915 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

John Hopley.

Personal Details:

Born in Ellesmere, Shropshire in 1894.

Eldest son of James and Emily Hopley of Cuddington, Malpas.

The 1911 Census records John as general servant to Mrs Harriet Taylor, (baker) and her family at Church Street, Malpas.

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Military Details:

Regiment:          " B" Battery, 79th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

Rank:                 Driver.

Serial Number:   36834.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France on 17th April 1917. Aged 23.

Buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France. V.A. 15.

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Gravestone Inscription:

"AT REST BEYOND THE TOMB"

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Medals and Awards:

John was awarded the Campaign Medals (1915 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further information:

John and his friend David Davies had enlisted together on 7th September 1914.

They were waiting to be called up in October 1914 and were serving by December 1914.

They both died in the same battle, killed by the same shell, on 17th April 1917.

They are buried in adjacent graves.

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