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…