Full Name: Walter John HOPPER Nationality: British Rank: Chief Engineer Officer Service: Merchant Navy Vessel: S.S. Maid of Kent (London) Age at Death: 54 Date of Death: 21 May 1940 Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2789926/HOPPER,%20WALTER EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/2789926/ Walter was born in 1894 in Margate, Kent and was the only child born to Charles Hopper and Rose Huxstep. In the 1911 Census Walter (aged 17) is described as a solicitor’s clerk. In 1916 Walter married Elizabeth Ford…
Full Name: William Ernest Sydney SHEPHERD Nationality: British Rank: Boatswain Service: Merchant Navy Vessel: Cable Ship “Alert” (UK) Age at Death: 34 Date of Death: 24 February 1945 Service Number: 402063 Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK Reference: Panel 5 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2796820/SHEPHERD,%20WILLIAM%20ERNEST%20SYDNEY William Shepherd was born on 30 November 1908 in Plumstead, Kent – the only child of William James Shepherd and Olive Camilla Hopper. He married Winifred Imrie in December 1938 and a son was born to them…
Full Name: Edward Lewis PILE Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: Northumberland Fusiliers Unit: 3rd Battalion Age at Death: 26 Date of Death: 27 Apr 1921 Service Number: 32210 Cemetery: St Nicholas Churchyard, Pluckley, Kent, UK and Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK Reference: North Part. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/4028869/PILE,%20EDWARD%20LEWIS EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/4028869/ Edward was born Charing, Kent in 1895 to Edward and Fanny Pile. At his death, Fanny was recorded as living at 18 Dunstan Avenue, Westgate on Sea.
Full Name: David Keith O’DONNELL Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Flying Officer Service: Royal New Zealand Air Force Unit: 214 FMS Squadron Age at Death: 21 Date of Death: 15 January 1943 Service Number: 402063 Memorial: Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK Reference: Panel 197 View David’s details on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database CWGC Certificate:http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/1803537/O’DONNELL,%20DAVID%20KEITH David O’Donnell was born on 21 July 1921, the son of David and Esther O’Donnell (nee Collard), of Aramoho. David was Navigator aboard Stirling…
Full Name: Edward Charles HOPPER Nationality: British Rank: Serjeant Service: Royal Air Force Age at Death: 26 Date of Death: 25 February 1919 Service Number: 205113 Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Q. T. 30. Cemetery: Charlton Cemetery, Dover, Kent, UK CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/365389/HOPPER,%20EDWARD%20CHARLES EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/365389/ Edward Charles Hopper, 205113, was a Serjeant in the Royal Air Force. He was taken suddenly ill while at home on leave, and died at the Military Hospital, Western Heights, on…
Full Name: John Henry Thomas HOGBEN Nationality: British Rank: Stoker, First Class Service: Royal Navy Unit: HMS Imogen Age at Death: 20 Date of Death: 16 July 1940 Service Number: C/KX 93531 Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, UK Reference: 38, 2 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2468693/HOGBEN,%20JOHN%20HENRY%20THOMAS John Hogben was born in 1920 in Dover, the eldest of eight children born to John and Alice Hogben (nee Willis). On July 16th 1940 HMS “Imogen” was in collision with HM Cruiser “Glasgow” in thick fog…