Helmet Brits Mk 2 - Gunner Hopkins, 83rd Field Regt, Royal Artillery, 53th Welsh Division

hello i am looking for info on a name in a Helmet Hopkins .
He was a gunner from the 83rd field regt royal artillery .
53th Welsh Division the helmet is from Vessem Holland.

 

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Hello I got a helmet from a older women the helmet is from the 83th Field regiment.
in the helmet is the name Hopkins.
The helmet is from Vessem in the netherlands.
Can anybody help me too trace this name Hopkins?
Greetings Kees vd Loo

 

It is going to be difficult to pin it down with just the name Hopkins. There are 101 entries for soldiers called Hopkins serving in the Royal Artillery in the casualty lists for 1944. Some of the entries will be for the same man but very few will have a connection with Holland.

There are a further 72 entries for Hopkins, R.A. for 1945. We, of course, have no way of knowing if the soldier was a casualty, but if he wasn't he will be even harder to find.

 

There are only five British Forces personnel called Hopkins who are buried or commemorated in Holland dating from WW2, none of them served with the Royal Artillery. We can therefore assume that he was not killed in action. It is possible that he lost his helmet after being wounded. He could have course lost it during sudden action without being wounded or even just simply lost it.

 

499 Hopkins in the Royal Artillery between 1883 and 1942.

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First name(s) Last name Birth year Birth place Service number Former service number

A. Hopkins. 1496856

Alan Hopkins. 1713822

Albert Hopkins. 1901. Leighton. 1026687-274534

Albert Hopkins. 1902. Woodhouse. 733487

Albert Hopkins.1902. Newport. 1419108

Albert Hopkins. 1904. London. 1424426

 

Is there an initial "C" after "Hopkins" ?

 

yes c hopkins

 

All C. Hopkins Royal Artillery Enlistments to 1942.

Cecil Albert Hopkins. 1725574

Charles Hopkins 1909 Birmingham 1073733

Charles Hopkins 1731164

Charles Hopkins 1778736

Charles Edward Frank Hopkins 850244

Charles Frank Hopkins. 992243

Charles Frederick Hopkins. 1833350

Charles Henry Hopkins. 1732438

Charles James Hopkins. 1698246

Charles Pickin Hopkins. 1567847

Charles Reginald Hopkins. 1563968

Charles Robert Hopkins. 1900. Warwick. 726347

Charles Ronald Hopkins. 1608961

Charles Sear Hopkins. 1145827

Charles William Hopkins. 1756598

Christopher Kenneth Hopkins. 874106

Clement Desmond Hopkins. 896650

Clifford Charles Hopkins. 1579727

Clifford Henry Hopkins. 1603543

Clifford Joseph. Hopkins. 11265738

Colin Hopkins. 912707

Cyril Hopkins. 1824630

Cyril Charles Hopkins. 1605121

Cyril Egerton Hopkins. 1432364

Cyril Eustace Hopkins. 1558338

Cyril George Hopkins. 1714555

Cyril Phillip Hopkins. 1646276

 

any from the 83 th field artillery?

 

The names are taken from enlistment books not individual soldiers' Service Records. If they give any unit at all, it is the one immediately after enlistment.

 

i was wrong there was DD then Hopkins