Second Lieutenant George Silkstone Hopkinson

Army Number: n/a (formerly Colour Sergeant Major, 1445)

Battalion: 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ely Cran, Derbyshire. Son of William and Adah Ellen Hopkinson, of High Street, Clay Cross, Derbyshire. He was a colliery office clerk prior to enlisting and went to France on 20th February 1915. He gained a commission of Second Lieutenant, 24 October 1916. He was killed in action, 18th January 1918, aged 22, whilst serving in the line near St. Elie, France.

Buried: Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 3. Row F. Grave 6.

Second Lieutenant George Silkstone Hopkinson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:- 
St. Bartholomew’s Church War Memorial, Clay Cross, Derbyshire.