Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Major-General Ponsonby Ross Holmes,
R.M.L.I. (who served in the Baltic, 1854, and was mentioned in
Despatches), by his wife, Clara Bernell (Evesham House, Cheltenham),
dau. of W. G. Nixey, and gdson of Lieut.-Col. Steven Holmes, 24th,
78th, and 90th Regts. (who served in the Peninsular and at Waterloo,
and was mentioned in Despatches by the Duke of Wellington for his
conduct at the siege of Burgos); _b._ Stoke, Devonport, 11 Oct.
1887; educ. Cheltenham College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st
South Staffordshire Regt., 19 Sept. 1908, and Lieut., 14 July, 1909;
passed through Hythe with distinction, and was appointed Signalling
Officer to the Battn.; went to the Front in the 7th Division, 4
Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at the first Battle of Ypres,
21 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. Ovens wrote:
“As his Commanding Officer I can truthfully say the Army has lost
a fine and promising young officer, who, as Signalling Officer and
in other capacities, brought credit and honour to his regt. He was
killed instantaneously, poor fellow, and had been exposing himself
and working hard all through the operations. Capt. Dunlop (his Capt.)
told me he had been the greatest assistance to him in defending their
position and he wished particularly to mention him”; and the following
passage is taken from this officer’s diary: “Lieut. Holmes was killed
this day. He was taking observation and instructing the men when and
where to aim. He was in command of a half company of B Coy. and had
been doing excellent work the whole day. He had been looking after
and superintending a machine-gun which did very good service. He also
had done a lot of very dangerous work in scouting through the wood
in front of his section of trenches, and had shown much pluck and
coolness.” Capt. Evans also wrote: “On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 and
21 Oct., the Germans attacked our position in point of the outskirts
of Zonnebeke. Lennox was in charge of half a company, and was hit on
the Wednesday afternoon by a ricochet. Hayward told me afterwards that
he was doing extraordinarily good work and was absolutely fearless
in the way he moved from trench to trench to direct the fire against
the Germans. It was while he was close by the machine-gun that he was
hit. He was simply adored by the men, and, of course, his death upset
them terribly and they fought magnificently to avenge his death. So
that his example lived after him. Hayward’s own words to me were, ‘If
ever a man deserved the V.C. he did’”; and Corpl F. Barrett: “On 22
Oct [this should be the 20th] 1914, I was working my machine-gun when
Mr. Holmes came up and acted as my No. 2, also my observer, and we
got over that day all right. On the 23rd [this should be the 21st] he
visited me again, and I shifted my position close to where Mr. Holmes
was killed about three o’clock. He was at the back of his trench taking
cover, bandaging up Private Millar, after that he was taking aim at the
Germans, and was just going to pull the trigger when a bullet hit him
straight between the two eyes. I shall never forget him as long as I
live.”
[Illustration: =Francis Lennox Holmes.=]
=HOLMES, FREDERICK HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17488, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=HOLMES, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3984), S.S.
102041, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOLMES, LOUIS GORDON=, Capt., 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian
Imperial Force, only _s._ of Dr. Louis Saenger Holmes, of Norwood,
Adelaide, by his wife, Lucy Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Mewton;
_b._ Launceston, Tasmania, 7 July, 1892; studied for the Army, and
took special subjects at the Adelaide University and was gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 79th Infantry Battn. of the Commonwealth Army 28 Feb.
1913, and after the outbreak of the European War, Lieut. to the 10th
Infantry Battn. of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, with which
he left Australia in Oct. 1914. Arriving in Egypt, he spent several
months in training with his battn., and early in 1915 was appointed
A.D.C. to the Brigadier. He took part in the famous landing and the
opening engagements of the Australians at Gaba Tepe in the Dardanelles.
He landed on 25 April and the following day was promoted to a
captaincy. He died 23 June, 1915, on board the Hospital Ship Gascon,
near Gaba Tepe from shrapnel wounds received in action. Col. Maclagan,
writing of the loss the brigade had sustained, said, “Capt. Holmes
was beloved by all and one of the most unselfish of men, brave and
courageous under all circumstances.” Capt. Holmes excelled in nearly
every branch of athletics and was endowed with an extraordinarily good
physique. He got his “Blue” as head of the river at the Wesley College
Public School, Melbourne, and also his “Blue” for rowing and football
as an Undergraduate of Adelaide University. For three years he was
captain of his school Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania. He was
chosen in 1912 to row in the inter-state “eight” for South Australia.
To his other athletic accomplishments it may be added that he was
distinguished in his regt. for his expert use of the gloves.
[Illustration: =Louis Gordon Holmes.=]
=HOLMES, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman, 140749 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=HOLMES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7873, 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Holmes, of South Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph (and Barbara) Burnett; _b._
Hebburn-on-Tyne Colliery, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. St. Oswald’s School
there; enlisted 10 Nov. 1910; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, 28 Nov. 1914, to 16 June, 1915, and was reported
missing after the fighting at Hooge, on the latter date. He _m._
at Jarrow-on-Tyne, 12 March, Wilhelmina (54, Pearson’s Place Back,
Jarrow), dau. of Jonathan Craik, and had three children: Jonathan,
_b._ 15 Feb. 1911; William, _b._ 30 Dec. 1912; and Margaret,
_b._ 30 Oct. 1914.
=HOLROYD, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110089 (Po.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLT, CECIL WILLIAM=, Midshipman, R.N., 2nd _s._ of Thomas
Holt, of the Hall, Burnham, co. Somerset, by his wife, Margaret Jane,
dau. of Edward Webb Edwards; _b._ The Hall, Burnham, 13 Sept.
1899; educ. Morgan and Halton’s Connaught House, Portmore, Weymouth;
entered the Navy as a Cadet in May, 1912; appointed to H.M.S. Hogue at
the beginning of the war and promoted Midshipman, 14 Sept. 1914; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOLTBY, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 27812, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Mitchell
Holtby, of North Coate Farm, South Cave, Hull, by his wife, Charlotte,
dau. of James Smith; _b._ Pickering Marshes, York, 17 May, 1890;
educ. Hilnwick-on-the-Wolds; went to Canada, 20 April, 1911, and
settled at Toronto as a Railway Rullyman; volunteered on the outbreak
of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto; left
for England with the first contingent, 26 Sept. 1914, arriving 16 Oct.;
went to France, 29 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 27
April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur William Holtby.=]
=HONEY, ALBERT TOM=, Sergt., No. 1144, Royal Gloucestershire
Hussars (Yeomanry), 4th _s._ of the late Colour-Sergt. Thomas
Honey, of Usk, co. Monmouth (who served in the Crimea), by his wife,
Sarah; _b._ at Beech Hill, Usk, 8 Feb. 1876; educ. at Usk and
Bristol; was Manager of Liptons, Ltd., at Pontypool; joined the
Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry, 19 March, 1903; volunteered for
foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force in Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 14 Aug.
1915, and was killed in the charge of the Yeomanry there on 21 Aug.
following. His four brothers were all in the Regular or Auxiliary
Forces, and a nephew, Stewart Hardy, is serving in the Yeomanry.
[Illustration: =Albert Tom Honey.=]
=HONEY, HERBERT=, Armourer’s Crew, M. 7486, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HONEYWILL, HERBERT CECIL=, Private, No. 10955, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Samuel Honeywill, of Ashburton, Devon;
_b._ Hampshire; killed in action at Givenchy, 19 April, 1915;
buried Windy Corner there.
=HOOD, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 5691),
180094, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOD, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294844, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOD, LEWIS REGINALD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16032, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOD, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3465, 12th (Service) Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of the late Richard Hood, of Tranent, Coal Miner (died
30 Aug. 1912); _b._ Tranent, East Lothian, 12 Sept. 1867; educ.
Tranent Public School; and was with the South East of Scotland Militia
for the training when war broke out; enlisted 11 Aug. 1914; went to
France and was killed in action at Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._
=HOOD, STUART CLINK=, L.-Corpl., No. 21847, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of William Hood, of 61, Cowane
Street, Stirling, by his wife, Helen, dau. of William Clink; _b._
Stirling, 24 Sept. 1880; educ. Territorial Public School; joined the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Volunteers in 1898, and served with
a Volunteer Contingent of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the
latter stages of the South African War, and received the Queen’s medal
with four clasps. He emigrated to Canada in Oct. 1905, and latterly
held a responsible position in the Saskatchewan State Telephone
Service. When the European War broke out, he at once volunteered, and
joined the 5th Battn. at Regina in Aug. 1914; came over with the 1st
Contingent, Sept. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter
of 1914–5; went to France early in Feb. 1915; served through the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, and in the various engagements in the spring of that
year, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, after his
Battn. had carried out a successful attack on a strongly fortified
position known as K5. A comrade wrote: “On the morning of 24 May, our
regt. made a charge, captured our objective, and held it in spite of a
heavy bombardment until relieved. Early in the morning Stuart went out
into the open and brought in a badly wounded man, and a few minutes
later assisted in bringing another wounded man to safety in spite of
great danger, and immediately after was hit by a sniper at a low part
of the parapet. His loss is greatly felt, not only by myself who was
his friend, but by all his platoon, who had all learned to love and
respect such a fine manly spirited comrade.” Buried in an orchard
at Rue de L’Epinette, on the right of the road from Rue du Bois;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Stuart Clink Hood.=]
=HOOKE, JOHN HUON=, Sergt., No. 274, C Coy., 6th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of the
late Charles Frederick Hooke, of Auburn, Victoria, Manager, N.Z.L.
& M.A. Co., by his wife, Maude (Ravenshoe, Ravenswood, Victoria,
Australia), dau. of John Francis Huon Mitchell, of Ravenswood, an
authority on the Australian native races; _b._ Thurgoona, Auburn,
6 Oct. 1889, and was in the Bank of Australasia. He volunteered
immediately when war was declared, joined the 6th Battn. 2nd week in
Aug. 1914, was promoted Sergt., left Australia with the Main Force
and died from wounds received in action during the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. Sergt. (now Lieut.) D. A. McLean, of his
company, wrote: “I was near your husband when he was hit. We had just
got into the firing line on the first day of landing (25 April), when
he was shot through the leg, but refused to leave his post. About an
hour afterwards he was shot through the head, and remained unconscious
from the moment he was hit till he died. Everything that was possible
was done for him, but his case was hopeless from the first. Before he
was killed, Sergt. Hooke did some very good work, proving himself a
very brave man and good soldier. We all feel proud that he belonged to
our company. During the nine months he was with us he won for himself
the esteem and regard of every member of the company, and, believe
me, we all regret his death very much.” He _m._ on the eve of
embarkation, at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, Victoria, 17 Oct. 1914,
Florence Constance Phipps (22, Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria),
dau. of William Huon, of Kerilliere, Wodonga, Victoria, and granddau.
of Paul Huon, a French squatter.
[Illustration: =John Huon Hooke.=]
=HOOKER, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10125), 205654,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=HOOKER, HENRY GEORGE=, Private, No. 11123, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action at Ypres, 29 July, 1915.
=HOOKHAM, HENRY CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2137), 207156, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=HOOKHAM, JAMES=, otherwise =DAVID=, Petty Officer, 1st
Class, 180225, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOKHAM, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8015),
309231, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOPER, DAVID=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5524, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOOPER, DAVID ERNEST=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., eldest _s._ of Dr. David Hooper, of Weston-super-Mare,
F.I.C., F.C.S., F.L.S., late Economic Botanist to Government of India,
by his wife, Hannah Carr, dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Evans, of
Mussoorie, U.P., India; _b._ Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, India, 21
Nov. 1893; educ. Switzerland, Birkenhead, Weston-super-Mare and Bristol
University; was to have entered the P. W. Department, India, but
volunteered on the outbreak of war, and while waiting for a commission
was actively engaged with the O.T.C. at Bristol; gazetted 2nd Lieut.
to the 2nd East Lancashires, 10 Oct. 1914; went to France, 14 March,
and joined his regt. at Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action near
Fromelles, at midnight, 30 April, 1915, while inspecting patrol;
_unm._ Buried in La Trou Cemetery, in the Rue Petillon, near Neuve
Chapelle. He was specially praised by Sir Francis Davies, the General
of his Division, for his bravery and good work. In a letter to Dr.
Hooper he said: “You will, I am sure, not be surprised to hear that he
gave great promise, and had secured the approbation of his seniors by
the way he was doing his work.” He distinguished himself as an amateur
in Wireless Telegraphy, gaining the Marconi Company’s 2nd Prize in
Britain in 1914.
[Illustration: =David Ernest Hooper.=]
=HOOPER, GEORGE ALBERT=, Private, No. 9924, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 30 March, 1915.
=HOOPER, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 93606, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
16 May, 1915.
=HOOPER, THOMAS EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9526), 209135,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOOPER, THOMAS HENRY=, A.B., 216988, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HOOPER, WALTER WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8178, 1st Battn. Dorset
Regt., only son of Hugh Walter Hooper, of 12, Sussex Street,
Grangetown, Cardiff, Haulier, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Timothy
Gosling, Fisherman; _b._ Beer, co. Devon, 25 Sept. 1890; educ.
Cardiff Elementary School; was an employee in the Health Dept. of the
Cardiff Council; volunteered after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in
the Somersetshire L.I. 3 Sept. 1914; transferred to the 1st Dorsets;
went to France in Feb. and was killed in action in the fighting at Hill
60, near Ypres, 5 May, 1915; _unm._
=HOPCRAFT, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5778), 182221, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HOPE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 2332, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Thomas Hope, of Driffield, Hull, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of William Harding; _b._ Stockton-on-Tees, 1877; educ.
there; enlisted 11 Jan. 1899; served in South Africa, 9 Aug. 1900 to
4 Oct. 1902, including the Boer War (Queen’s medal with three clasps
and King’s medal with two clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force
in Flanders, 3 Feb. to 31 Oct. 1915; and died in hospital at Rouen on
31 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action on 17 Oct. 1915. Buried at
Rouen. He _m._ at St. Luke’s Church, Kensington, 16 July, Harriet,
dau. of George Medlock, of Yew Tree Cottage, Charing, Kent, and had
two children: Donald George Hope, _b._ 29 July, 1903; and Harriet
Florence Hope, _b._ 17 Feb. 1907.
=HOPER, ERN SYDNEY JOSEPH=, Cook’s Mate, M. 3901, H.M.S. Hawke;
_s._ of Richard Hoper, of Teston Halt, Nr. Maidstone, co. Kent;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=HOPEY, EDMUND EUGENE=, Private, No. 22750, 14th Battn. (62nd
Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only child of
George Allen Hopey, of 13, Granite Avenue, Dorchester, Massachusetts,
U.S.A., by his wife, Ida Tedella, dau. of the late David Crandel
Corey; _b._ Dorchester, Mass., 25 June, 1893; educ. there; was a
Carpenter by trade; joined the 8th Massachusetts Militia at Cambridge,
6 May, 1914, but after the outbreak of war went to St. John, N.B. and
offered his services and was accepted for service with the 14th Batt.
Canadian Expeditionary Force, 17 Aug. 1914; left for England in Oct.
1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter, 1914–15; crossed to
France, 7 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 4 March, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in the regimental Cemetery at the junction of
the Rue Petillon and the Sailly-Fromelles Road. Capt. George T. Jones
of the 8th Massachusetts Militia wrote: “While he was connected with
this company (A), he proved himself reliable, quiet and an earnest
worker and one whom I was sorry to lose,” and Capt. Curry of the 14th
Battn. wrote to his mother, speaking highly of his bravery in the
trenches at Ypres. He met his death while covering a parapet.
[Illustration: =Edmund Eugene Hopey.=]
=HOPKINS, JACK=, Private, No. 21612, No. 1 Coy., 5th Battn. 2nd
Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James
Hopkins; _b._ Chingford, co. Essex, 16 April, 1882; educ. St.
Mary’s School, Walthamstow; served from 1898 to 1906 in the R.F.A.
and then went to Canada. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 he at
once joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, came over with the first
contingent, and was killed in action 3 May, 1915; _unm._ The place
has not been officially stated, but it is believed to have been St.
Julien.
=HOPKINS, CHARLES EDWIN=, Armourer, 185423, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=INNES HOPKINS, CASTELL PERCY=, Private, 9th (Service) Battn.
Gordon Highlanders, 2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Charles Harrie Innes
Hopkins, of The Towers, Ryton-on-Tyne, late 2nd Scottish Rifles, now
commanding the 1st Tyneside Scottish, by his wife, Helen Elizabeth,
dau. of the late Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon, K.C.B., K.C.I.E.,
C.S.I.; _b._ Naini Tal, N.W.P., India, 31 July, 1889; educ.
Dunchurch Hall, and Fribourg, Germany, afterwards being employed in
his father’s offices in Newcastle. On the outbreak of war he enlisted
in the 9th Battn. Gordon Highlanders, and left with his regt. for the
Front, May, 1915, and fell in action during the charge on Hill 70 at
Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ His elder brother, John Gordon Innes
Hopkins, is now (1916) serving in the Naval Brigade, having travelled
specially from Japan, where he was in the R.M.S.P. Co. when the war
broke out, to join the Navy as a volunteer, and his yr. brother, Lieut.
C. R. Innes Hopkins, 2nd Scottish Rifles, and his uncle, Capt. James
Randolph Innes Hopkins, Canadian Expeditionary Force, were both killed
in action (see their notices).
=INNES HOPKINS, CHARLES RANDOLPH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 3rd _s._ (see previous notice) of
Lieut.-Col. Charles Harrie Innes Hopkins, of The Towers, Ryton-on-Tyne,
late 2nd Scottish Rifles, now commanding the 1st Tyneside Scottish,
by his wife, Helen Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. Sir Thomas Edward
Gordon, K.C.B., K.C.I.E., C.S.I.; _b._ Ranikhet, N.W.P., India, 9
Aug. 1893; educ. Dunchurch Hall, Uppingham (scholar), and Sandhurst,
where he gained the prize for military law and passed out the second
term “third” with honours; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scottish
Rifles, 4 Sept. 1912, and promoted Lieut., 24 Oct. 1913; was in Malta
with his regt. when war broke out; they returned to England, and went
to the Front, 4 Nov. 1914, and he was killed in action in the trenches
at Neuve Chapelle, France, 18 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried in the
orchard of the farm behind Neuve Chapelle. His company officer wrote:
“I would like to say how very greatly I have valued his presence, from
the day he joined. He has always been my subaltern and a very close
companion to me. In all things I have trusted him implicitly, and in
all things he has proved himself worthy. I know that he was good in
thought, and word, and deed--that he could not do a wrong thing--that
he would not lose heart, and that he was the loyalist subaltern and
the finest friend that ever man had. We all feel his loss very deeply,
especially his men.” A writer in the “Newcastle Journal” (23 Dec. 1914)
said: “Of Charles Hopkins it could be truly said that he was one of
Nature’s most perfect gentlemen, and if ever anyone seemed destined
for a great future it was he. As able and gifted as he was modest,
possessed of strong purpose, exceptional talents, sound judgment, and
a personality infinitely attractive, there seemed to be nothing he
could not have achieved had he tried. An excellent cricketer and hockey
player, an expert ski-er, a ‘crack’ shot, and fine billiard player,
there was no sport at which he did not excel, whilst in classics,
military law and tactics he came out with highest honours. He had a
soldier’s love and pride in his work, and if genius, as has been said,
is an infinite capacity for taking pains, his career, had he been
spared, would have proved him a soldier of genius.”
[Illustration: =Charles R. Innes Hopkins.=]
=INNES HOPKINS, JAMES RANDOLPH=, Capt., 5th Battn. 2nd Infantry
Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of William
Randolph Innes Hopkins, of The Leat, Malton, by his wife, Evereld
Catherine Eliza, dau. of Thomas Hustler; _b._ at Grey Towers,
Cleveland, 5 Oct. 1876; educ. at Aysgarth, Yorks, and Oriel College,
Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, as a trooper and
was afterwards given a commission in the Northumberland Hussars; went
to Canada in 1906, and settled in Saskatchewan. On the outbreak of the
European War in Aug. 1914, he immediately offered his services and was
given a commission as Capt. 22 Sept. following; came over with the
first contingent in Oct.; was stationed on Salisbury Plain during the
winter, 1914–15; went to France in Feb., and was killed in action at
Neuve Chapelle, 24 May, 1915, while leading his men. Capt. Hopkins’ two
nephews, Private C. P. Innes Hopkins and Lieut. C. R. Innes Hopkins,
were both killed in action (see their notices). He _m._ in London,
29 Sept. 1904, Doreen Maud (who _m._ secondly, 6 Oct. 1915,
Thomas Sackville Manning), eldest dau. of the Hon. Reginald Parker
[6th _s._ of Thomas, 6th Earl of Macclesfield], and had a dau.,
Evereld, _b._ 1905.
[Illustration: =James R. Innes Hopkins.=]
=HOPLEY, HERBERT=, Private, No. 27352, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of
Stephen Hopley, of 35, Bloomsbury Road, Ramsgate, by his wife, Mary
Ann, dau. of William Willmott, of Ramsgate; _b._ Ramsgate, 15
May, 1888; educ. Christ Church School, Ramsgate, and worked for eight
years for Tucker & Son, Smack Owners and Sail Makers; went to Canada
about 1912, and was for two years in the employ of J. J. Turner &
Sons, Tent Makers, Peterborough, Ontario, after which he went to
Toronto; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914; left Valcartier Camp for England in
Oct. 1914; trained on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15;
went to France, Feb. 1915, and died of gas poisoning at the Battle of
St. Julien, 26 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Herbert Hopley.=]
=HOPPER, GEORGE=, Sergt., No. 5945, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action at Hill
60, 20 April, 1915.
=HOPPER, JERRY=, Private, No. 8020, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; reported
missing, 14 Sept. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action
on or about that date; _m._
=HOPPER, WILLIAM=, Private, S. 2249, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt., _s._ of James Hopper, of Baldstow, St. Leonards; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 10 May, 1915, of wounds
received in action.
=HOPTON, GUY WILLIAM=, of Homend, co. Hereford, Capt. 5th
(Service) Battn. The Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of the
late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Hopton, K.C.B., Lieut.-Governor of Jersey
(1895–1900), etc. (who served through the Crimean War and Indian
Mutiny), by his wife, Clare Ellen (Homend, near Ledbury, Hereford),
dau. of Guy Trafford, of Michaelchurch Court, co. Hereford, 20 Nov.
1881; educ. Wellington College; joined the 2nd Battn. Berkshire Regt.
from the Militia, 19 Oct. 1901, and was promoted Lieut. 8 May, 1904,
and Capt. 3rd Battn. 3 Aug. 1910; served in the South African War,
1901; took part in the operations in Cape Colony and the Orange Free
State, May, 1901, and in the Transvaal, May to Nov. 1901, and received
the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was afterwards transferred to
the 5th Service Battn. of his Regt., with which he went to France 31
May, 1915, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 28 July, 1915. He
_m._ at Frittenden, Kent, 12 Feb. 1915, Ellen Beatrice (Homend,
near Ledbury, Hereford), dau. of Capt. Sir Charles John Oakeley, 5th
Bart., formerly 4th Queen’s Own; _s.p._