PHANTOM Hopkinson, George Frederick

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Hopkinson
  • FORENAME
George Frederick
  • UNIT
former CO 11 Military Mission and GHQ Liaison Unit (Phantom) (LtCol)
  • RANK
Major General
  • NUMBER
19368
  • DATE OF DEATH
12th September 1943
  • AGE
47
  • GRAVESITE
Bari War Cemetery,Italy X.B.33
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit North Staffordshire Reg.
G.O.C. 1st Airborne Division at time of death
born Nottinghamshire
son of George Lister and Ada Hopkinson,Retford,Nottinghamshire (single)
awards OBE,MC
served WW1 as Captain
qualified pilot
KIA Massafara,near Taranto,Italy
Nov 1939 was Military Observer with No 3 Air Mission(Phantom)
1940 CO No 11 Military Mission(Phantom)
1940/41 CO GHQ Liaison Unit and Regiment (left autumn 1941)
 
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