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Surname: HOPWOOD
Forename(s): Charles Herbert
Place of Birth: Hellifield, Yorkshire
Service No: A/40179
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 'D' Coy 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry)
Division: 1st Canadian Division
Age: 31
Date of Death: 1916-06-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 18 - 26 - 28.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HELLIFIELD, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Herbert Hopwood (born 14 August 1886) was the son of Edward and Joyce Mary Jane Hopwood, née Middleton. Edward was born at Beswick and Joyce at Tatham, Lancashire.
1891 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Cottages - Charles H. Hopwood, aged 5 years, born Hellifield, son of Edward and Joyce M.J. Hopwood.
1901 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: 7, Lancashire & Yorkshire Terrace - Charles H. Hopwood, aged 15 years, born Hellifield, son of Edward and Joyce M.J. Hopwood.
Charles was married to Rhoda Holmes at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1910.
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HOPWOOD, Corporal C., aged 30, Canadian Division, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hopwood, Hellifield, killed in action in France June 3, 1916.
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Corporal Charles Herbert HOPWOOD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 1st Canadian Division
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Memorial Service card
From a display at St. Aidan’s Church, Hellifield
St Aidan's Churchyard, Hellifield
Family gravestone
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
St Aidan's Churchyard, Hellifield
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Order of Service for the Unveiling and Dedication of Hellifield War Memorial, Sunday, 5 June 1921
Courtesy of John Pearcy, Hellifield
Memorial Chamber of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
In the Memorial Chamber are the eight ‘Books of Remembrance’ that contain the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of Canada
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Corporal Charles Herbert Hopwood
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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07 July 1916
HOPWOOD – June 3rd killed in action in France, Corporal C.H. Hopwood, 1st Canadian Division, and formerly of Lancashire and Yorkshire Terrace, Hellifield.
07 July 1916
HELLIFIELD ‘CANADIAN’ KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Hopwood of Lancashire and Yorkshire Terrace, Hellifield, have received the sad news that their son, Corporal C. H. Hopwood, of D Company, 5th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division, has been killed whilst on active service in France. The information was sent by the Canadian Contingent Record Office, who returned a letter for Corporal Hopwood with the remark, ‘Killed in action on June 3rd’. The deceased, who was 30 years of age, was a native of Hellifield. He went out to Sutherland, Saskatchewan, about six years ago, and was employed as a fireman on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was formerly employed in the same capacity by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Hellifield and Goole.
He joined the 2nd Canadian Division in January, 1915, and had been in France about 12 months, where he volunteered for transfer to the 1st Division. Corporal Hopwood was of a bright and cheerful disposition, and whilst in Hellifield he took a keen interest in athletics and sports. He will, perhaps, be best known in connection with the old Hellifield Football Club, and was a member of the team when Hellifield won the Craven League Championship in 1904-5. He was also an old Sunday School scholar of the Baptist Church. He leaves a wife, who is at present in Canada.
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07 July 1916
HOPWOOD – June 3rd in action, Corporal C. H. Hopwood, of the 5th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division, of Hellifield, aged 30.
07 July 1916
HELLIFIELD CANADIAN KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. Hopwood of Lancashire and Yorkshire Terrace, have received the sad news that their son, Corporal C. H. Hopwood, of D Company, 5th Battalion, 1st Canadian Division, has been killed whilst on active service in France. The information was sent by the Canadian Contingent Record Office, who returned a letter for Corporal Hopwood with the remarks, ‘killed in action on June 3rd’. The deceased, who was 30 years of age, was a native of Hellifield. He went out to Sutherland, Saskatchewan, about six years ago, and was employed as a fireman on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was formerly employed in the same capacity by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Hellifield and Goole. He joined the 2nd Canadian Division in January, 1915, and had been in France about 12 months, where he volunteered for transfer to the 1st Division. Corporal Hopwood was of a bright and cheerful disposition, and whilst in Hellifield he took a keen interest in athletics and sports. He will, perhaps, be best known in connection with the old Hellifield Football Club, and was a member of the team when Hellifield won the Craven League Championship in 1904-5. He was also an old Sunday School scholar of the Baptist Church. He leaves a wife, who is at present in Canada.
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