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Personal Details of Joseph Alfred Hopson

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Born:	07/08/1888
Died:	27/08/1915
Buried:

Please note that this person is not acutally buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, but is remembered here on a family grave or memorial.

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Joseph Alfred Hopson.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for Joseph Alfred Hopson.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	On Scroll: In Loving Memory Of / Alfred STRADLING / died JANy 12th 1891 / in his 65th year. / Also of Ann Bedford STRADLING his wife / died NOVr 20th 1900 / in her 76th year. / "Until the day break". / Rest of inscription not found: Keith Stradling HOPSON / born Aug 20th 1890, died June 9th 1909. / Joseph Alfred HOPSON, born August 7th 1888, missing at Gallipoli August 27th 1915. 2nd. Welln. Mtd. Rifles. N.Z.

Name on Memorial	Joseph Alfred HOPSON
Date of death	27/08/1915
Age	27
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Double plot plus 4 x kerbstones with large scroll shaped plaque laid on grave (? fallen over)
Construction Material	Limestone plaque plus kerbs
Condition of memorial	Fair: Inlaid letters
Pattison Location Code	LN24
Recorder's Notes	Keith Stradling Hopson and Joseph Alfred Hopson recordings not found as per Mrs. P recording. Possibly another plaque underneath the scroll. Too heavy to lift.
Others named on memorial
Alfred STRADLING
Ann Bedford STRADLING
Keith Stradling HOPSON

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

Joseph Alfred Hopson

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	28/10/1915
Copyright:
Transciption:	JOSEPH ALFRED HOPSON LOST IN ACTION Official confirmation has been received by Mr and Mrs Joseph Herbert Hopson of Newbury, of the death of their son, Trooper Joseph Alfred Hopson, of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He had been reported as missing for some time and the worst was feared. On Thursday a telegram was received from the London Record Office of the New Zealand Force, followed by a letter from the same source, stating that Trooper Hopson was killed in action on August 27th. Greater details were furnished in a sympathetic letter received from Corp. J. M Morrison, who described himself as his closest friend since he joined the squadron in New Zealand. Trooper Hopson had been detained at the base with an injured foot, but rejoined his regiment when when it was engaged in outpost work in Gallipoli. On August 24th they were under orders to move about a mile to the left, where a few lines of trenches had to be taken. The N.Z. Brigade formed the first and last lines of attack, and after a severe two hours bombardment, they charged the first trenches through an inferno of shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire. A fair percentage of the New Zealanders reached the trenches, and after a hand-to-hand fight took possession of three lines. It was in this fight that Trooper Hopson fell. His friend writes "Please accept my deepest sympathy in your loss, although I consider the loss to us is greater. I have lost a comrade, and the squadron has lost one of its best soldiers, one who was loved and respected, and is mourned by the very few of us left now. There are only 70 out of 700, the remainder being killed, wounded or on sick leave. I trust that you will bear in mind that Joe has nobly laid down his life for King and country, surely the finest death to die." Like many another British lad, he lies buried in a foreign soil, but there will always be kindly memories retained by his Newbury friends. To the parents sincere sympathy is extended. Newbury Weekly News Oct. 28, 1915
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Biographical Information

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