Gwilym Rowland Hopwood

1918 - 1944  (26 years)

• Name	Gwilym Rowland Hopwood
  Birth	Apr-Jun 1918	District Wrexham   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	46474388AA4B4BC3B58E1F3649A93A375631
  Burial	Jul 1944	Ranville War Cemetery, Ranville, , Basse-Normandie, France
  	First name(s)Gwilym Rowland Last nameHopwood Birth year1918 Age26 Death year1944 Death date19 Jul 1944 Number921541 RankBombardier Unit61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. RegimentRoyal Artillery Grave referenceIVA. H. 1. Cemetery or MemorialRanville War Cemetery Burial countryFrance Additional informationSon of Benjamin and Sarah Hopwood; husband of Elsie Hopwood, of Ackworth Moor Top, Yorkshire. Link https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead WarSecond World War, 1939-1945 Record setCommonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour CategoryMilitary Service & Conflict SubcategorySecond World War Collections fromGreat Britain, UK None © Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  Death	19 Jul 1944
  	SourceGro War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 To 1948) Archive referenceARR2 Volume14 WarSecond World War, 1939-1945 Record setBritish Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials First name(s)Gwilym R SexMale Last nameHopwood Death year1944 Birth year- Service number921541 RankBombadier Unit or regimentRoyal Artillery TypeArmed Forces Page144 Registration year- Branch of service- Decoration- Records year range1944 Line number96 Archive General Register Office CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Deaths & Burials Collections fromGreat Britain, UK None © Findmypast
  Person ID	I69501	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Hopwood,   b. Est 1890   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Sarah Roberts,   b. Est 1895   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jul-Sep 1913	District Wrexham   [2]
  Family ID	F24241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie Reeves,   b. 15 Sep 1922, District Hemsworth d. 22 Oct 1984, Ackworth, , Yorkshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Apr-Jun 1943	District Hemsworth   [3]
  Family ID	F24240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Wrexham - Volume 11b Page 438 (Reliability: 3). [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Wrexham - Volume 11b Page 497 (Reliability: 3). [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Hemsworth - Volume 9c Page 401 (Reliability: 3).