LRDG Hopton, Albert

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John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Hopton ​
  • FORENAME
Albert ​
  • UNIT
LRDG H Patrol ​
  • RANK
Guardsman ​
  • NUMBER
2657737 ​
  • DATE OF DEATH
27th June 1941 ​
  • AGE
24 ​
  • GRAVESITE
Alamein Memorial, Egypt Column 54 ​
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 3 Bn Coldstream Guards​
born 12.03.1918, Goole, Yorkshire, UK​
son of Bertram and May Melinda Hopton, Goole, Yorkshire​
killed by booby-trapped Bedford truck Cyrenaica, Libya ​
Goole Cemetery, Goole, Yorkshire, UK (Memorial on sister's headstone)​
 

DATE OF DEATH:

27-Jun-1941

WEB LINKS:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82118735/albert-hopton (Memorial)

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14702504/albert-hopton
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