English
Hopwood, Gwilym Rowland
1918 - 1944 (26 years) 
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
Est 1895 - Yes, date unknown-
Relationship 
with Living 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 name Hopwood
Birth year 1918
Age 26
Death year 1944
Death date 19 Jul 1944
Number 921541
Rank Bombardier
Unit 61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt.
Regiment Royal Artillery
Grave reference IVA. H. 1.
Cemetery or Memorial Ranville War Cemetery
Burial country France
Additional information Son of Benjamin and Sarah Hopwood; husband of Elsie Hopwood, of Ackworth Moor Top, Yorkshire.
Link
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
War Second World War, 1939-1945
Record set Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour
Category Military Service & Conflict
Subcategory Second World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
© Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Death 19 Jul 1944 - Source Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 To 1948)
Archive reference ARR2
Volume 14
War Second World War, 1939-1945
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials
First name(s) Gwilym R
Sex Male
Last name Hopwood
Death year 1944
Birth year -
Service number 921541
Rank Bombadier
Unit or regiment Royal Artillery
Type Armed Forces
Page 144
Registration year -
Branch of service -
Decoration -
Records year range 1944
Line number 96
Archive
General Register Office
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
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Patriarch & Matriarch 
Hopwood, Benjamin
b. Est 1890
d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Roberts, Sarah
b. Est 1895
d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I69501 The Family Maw Last Modified 27 Dec 2019
Father Hopwood, Benjamin
b. Est 1890
d. Yes, date unknownMother Roberts, Sarah
b. Est 1895
d. Yes, date unknownMarriage Jul-Sep 1913 District Wrexham [2] Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years and 7 months - She : ~ 18 years and 7 months. Family ID F24241 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Reeves, Elsie
b. 15 Sep 1922, District Hemsworth
d. 22 Oct 1984, Ackworth, , Yorkshire, England (Age 62 years)
Marriage Apr-Jun 1943 District Hemsworth [3] Age at Marriage He : 25 years - She : 20 years and 7 months. Family ID F24240 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Dec 2019
- First name(s) Gwilym Rowland
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Event Map Click to display 
Birth - Apr-Jun 1918 - District Wrexham 
Marriage - Apr-Jun 1943 - District Hemsworth 
Burial - Jul 1944 - Ranville War Cemetery, Ranville, , Basse-Normandie, France = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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).