Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (8820 Cpl. W. G. Hopkins, 5/Lond. R.) extremely fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb 1914 Star Collection.

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Walter George Hopkins was born in Fulham; residing in Ilford he enlisted in London. Serving with the 5th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), he entered the France / Flanders theatre of war on 4 November 1914. He died of wounds, France / Flanders, on 27 February 1915, aged 27 years and was buried in the London Rifle Brigade Cemetery.