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Rifleman ERNEST ARTHUR HOPEWELL

Service Number: R/2874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"A" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

II. G. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Amelia Hopewell, of 29. Highbury Avenue, Bulwell, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS PARENTS AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1348
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