Ploegsteert Memorial
12km south of Ieper (Ypres) in Belgium
Notice of Death appears in Jersey Evening
Post of Monday 23 September 1918
Son of Mr & Mrs Hopkins of 1 Brooklyn Place, Ann
Street, St Helier, Jersey
Husband of Amy Hopkins (nee Lambden)
Killed in action, aged 32 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Monday 23 September
1918
Roll of Honour. We regret to record the
death which took place in action on 17 June last of
Walter G Hopkins of the Jersey Company Royal Irish Rifles.
The deceased soldier was in his 33rd year and formerly
served in the Town Battalion RMIJ. He joined the Jersey
Company and had been in France practically since 1916.
The late Rifleman, who was very highly respected locally
was the son of Mr & Mrs Hopkins of Ann Street, and
leaves a widow (nee Miss Amy Lambden) and children to
mourn his loss.
