Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Joseph HOPKINS
Driver 67909 Joseph HOPKINS
Corps of Royal Engineers,
formerly 21512 Grenadier Guards (37th Division, Signals Company, Royal Engineers)
Killed in Action, Monday 25th March 1918, Belgium, age 21
| Home address: | 3 Rochfort Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Parents: | Ellen Hopkins and Joseph Hopkins 3 Rochfort Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Hawker Green Grocery |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | La Clytte Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, plot IV, row A grave 12. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
Enlisted with the Cheshire Regiment in 1913 and was found to be under age. He was discharged from the Regiment after 10 days.