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Army

Hopgood, Arthur Reginald

10th April 2022
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Arthur Reginald Hopgood

Rank: Private

Regiment: 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)

Parents: Mr Harry George & Mrs Mary Jane Hopgood

Address: 35 St James Road, Hastings

Other Info: An article published in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer on 24th February 1917 reads; “The sad news has been received that Private A. Reginald Hopgood, aged 19, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hopgood, of 35, St James’s Road, Hastings, succumbed to an attack of pneumonia on the 12th inst., after a few days illness at the Front.

He joined the Royal Sussex on 1st June 1916, and proceeded to the Front as a draft in the East Kent Regiment on 11th October.

Previous to the War for 2 1/2 years he was a clerk the Borough Cemetery, but latterly a clerk at Messrs Strickland and Sons. Private Hopgood was a well-known member of Blacklands Church, having been a chorister for upwards of eight years, and at the same time a worker in the Sunday School.

Touching tributes to his memory were given by the Vicar (the Rev. W. A. Armstrong) at last Sunday evening’s service, while the ‘Dead March’ was played by the organist (Mr .F. W. Maggs).

Mr. and Mrs. Hopgood wish to thank their numerous thanks for their kind expressions of sympathy.”

According to CWGC, Arthur is remembered at Avenes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference IV.B.4.

Image from the Lives of the First World War website.

Published: February 1917

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Army

Jenner, George Reginald

13th July 201714th July 2017
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George Reginald Jenner

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment: 1st/3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

Parents: Mr G T & Mrs Louise Jenner

Address: Belle Vue, Pett

Other Info: The text reads: “By the death of 2nd Lieutenant G R Jenner, East Yorkshire Regiment, Mrs Jenner of Belle Vue, Pett, has lost her only son, who was only 18 years old. He was educated at Ardingly College where he obtained a certificate of the Royal Humane Life Saving Society, also bronze medal and school silver and bronze medals and cup for swimming.

He became Company Quarter Master Sergeant of the Officer’s Training Corps. He passed the Senior Oxford examination in 1914, and was afterwards promoted to Head Prefect and Captain of the school, leaving in 1915. He received a commission in the East Yorkshire Regiment, going to Bedford to receive his first training, after which he qualified as a Grenadier Instructor, and was so engaged in training troops in this work. He went to France last July. Mrs Jenner received a telegram from the War Office saying he was dangerously ill from wounds of which he died the same night on 2nd August 1916, and is buried in a Cemetery reserved for British soldiers behind the firing line.

According to CWGC, George is remembered at Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, grave reference IV.A.23.

Published: August 1916

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