Charles Hamblet Hopton

(my 2nd cousin, 3 times removed)

Details

Born:		1865
Father:		Tom Hopton
Mother:		?
Married:	1886, Salford
		
	
Spouse:		Mary Parkinson	

Died:	
Children:	
		Thomas Hopton	
		b.1886, Killed at Gallipoli 1915 	
		
		Margaret Hopton
		b.1890,
		
		Robert Hopton
		b.1893,		
		
		Emily Hopton
		b.1895	

		Daniel Hopton
		b.1898,

		James Hopton
		b.1900
		
Occupation:	Green Grocer	



Census

1901: 3, Providence Place, Salford
				
Charles Hopton	Head	Green Grocer 	M	36	M	Leeds
Mary Hopton	Wife		 	M	32	F	Bolton
Margaret Hopton	Daut		 	U	11	F	Salford
Robert Hopton	Son		 	U	8	F	Salford
Emily Hopton	Daut		 	U	6	F	Salford
Daniel Hopton	Son		 	U	2	F	Salford
James Hopton	Son		 	U	11mon	F	Salford


1901: Menai Straights, Angelsea 
				
Thomas Hopton	Boy	Learning a sea life 	U	14	M	Salford
& 234 others


In Memory of
 
Lance Corporal THOMAS HOPTON

1691, 1st/7th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers
who died age 29
on 07 August 1915
Son of Charles H. and Mary Hopton, of 10, Prescott St., Ordsall Lane, Salford; 
husband of Sarah Agnes Hopton, of 12, Prescott St., Ordsall Lane, Salford, Manchester. 

Remembered with honour
HELLES MEMORIAL

Location Information:
The Helles Memorial stands on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It takes the form of an obelisk over 30 metres high that can be seen by ships passing through the Dardanelles.

Historical Information:
The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. However, the difficult terrain and stiff Turkish resistance soon led to the stalemate of trench warfare. From the end of August, no further serious action was fought and the lines remained unchanged. The peninsula was successfully evacuated in December and early January 1916. The Helles Memorial serves the dual function of Commonwealth battle memorial for the whole Gallipoli campaign and place of commemoration for many of those Commonwealth servicemen who died there and have no known grave. The United Kingdom and Indian forces named on the memorial died in operations throughout the peninsula, the Australians at Helles. There are also panels for those who died or were buried at sea in Gallipoli waters. The memorial bears more than 21,000 names. There are four other Memorials to the Missing at Gallipoli. The Lone Pine, Hill 60, and Chunuk Bair Memorials commemorate Australian and New Zealanders at Anzac. The Twelve Tree Copse Memorial commemorates the New Zealanders at Helles. Naval casualties of the United Kingdom lost or buried at sea are recorded on their respective Memorials at Portsmouth, Plymouth and Chatham, in the United Kingdom.

Information from: Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

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