Full Name: Hedley Christopher E HOPPER Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: Royal West Surrey Reg (“The Queens”) Unit: 10th Battalion Age at Death: 22 Date of Death: 26 March 1918 Service Number: 207900 Cemetery: Arras Memorial, France Memorial Reference: Bay 2 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/784157/HOPPER,%20HEDLEY EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/784157/ Hedley was born in Dec 1895 in Kensington, London, the fifth of seven children born to William and Mary Hopper.
Full Name: Gilbert HOPPER Nationality: British Rank: Corporal Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 6th Battalion Age at Death: 30 Date of Death: 10 March 1916 Service Number: G/460 Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Memorial Reference: Panels 15-19 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/732203/HOPPER,%20GILBERT 3 EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/732203/ Before enlisting he worked for 12 years in the Goods Yard at the Priory Station, Dover. In the 1901 Census Gilbert was 15 years old and living at 22 Paul’s Place, Dover…
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…
Full Name: William Quested HARVEY Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 2nd Battalion Age at Death: 19 Date of Death: 12 April 1915 Service Number: L/10235 Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, France Memorial Reference: Panel 12 and 14 CWGC Certificate: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1613211/HARVEY,%20WILLIAM%20QUESTED EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/1613211/ William was born in 1896 in the village of Martin in Kent, the third of 7 children born to Isaac and Louisa Harvey (nee Hopper). He enlisted on 30th November…
Full Name: William John ARNOLD Nationality: British Rank: Able Seaman Service: Mercantile Marine Vessel: SS Achille Adam Age at Death: 28 Date of Death: 23 March 1917 Service Number: n/k Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2979126/ARNOLD,%20WILLIAM%20JOHN EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/2979126/ William was born in 1889 in Dover, England, the third of 6 children born to Edward and Elizabeth Arnold (nee Fisher). In the 1901 Census William was 12 years old and living…
Full Name: Henry Joseph ARNOLD Nationality: British Rank: Private Regiment: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 2nd Battalion Age at Death: 37 Date of Death: 27 September 1917 Service number: G/4394 Memorial: Loos Memorial, France and Ospringe village war memorial, Kent, UK [pictured] CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/726739/ARNOLD,%20HENRY%20JOSEPH EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/726739/ Henry (known as ‘Harry’) was born in 1880 in Ospringe, Kent, to James and Mary Arnold (nee Videon). He was the ninth of 15 children born to then between 1864 and 1892. In…