A picture of Lieutenant A.C. Hopkins; two fragments out of the diary of Hopkins; the letter sent to his wife telling her A.C. Hopkins is wounded; a telegram with the official message that A.C. Hopkins has been wounded in battle; three pictures with his family after WWI.
Lieutenant A.C. Hopkins joined the 1st Northamptons at Dunkirk on 30 July 1917 where they were a part of the first Division training for operation Hush. Operation Hush was a British plan to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast in 1917 during World War I, supported by an attack from Nieuport and the Yser bridgehead, which had been created by the Battle of the Yser (1914). Several plans were considered in 1915–1916 and shelved due to operations elsewhere. Operation Hush was intended to begin when the main offensive at Ypres had advanced to Roulers and Thourout (third battle of Ypres), linked by advances by the French and Belgian armies in between. Operation Strandfest was a German spoiling attack, launched in anticipation of an Allied coastal operation, on 10 July by Marine Corps Flanders, using mustard gas for the first time, supported by a mass of heavy artillery, which captured part of the bridgehead over the Yser and annihilated two British battalions. After several postponements, Operation Hush was cancelled on 14 October 1917, as the advance during the Third battle of Ypres did not meet the objectives required to begin the attack. Lieutenant A.C. Hopkins kept a diary on his arrival up until the day he was severely wounded on 10 November in the area of Sourd Farm. Several members of his platoon were killed and are buried or commemorated in the CWGC cemeteries in the area. Following evacuation via 6th Casualty Clearing Station he returned to England being discharged in 1919. He then went to Canada in 1927 where he was ordained returning to England in 1930 as his sight problems were causing a lot of difficulty. During the Second World War he was vicar of Orford and later moved to Winchester, retiring to Southampton where he was born. He attended my Commissioning Passing Out Parade at Sandhurst in December 1967 and gave me his sword as my commissioning present.

A picture of Lieutenant A.C. Hopkins
Lieutenant A.C. Hopkins
Photograph
Trench Life
Diary fragment (1)
Diary
Fragment out of the diary of Hopkins from the days just before and after he was wounded.
Diary fragment (2)
Medical
Fragment out of the diary of Hopkins from the days before and including when he was wounded.
The letter sent to his wife telling her A.C. Hopkins is wounded, written by Sieter Latham at 6 Casualty Clearing Station
Letter
Letter to Mrs Hopkins
Home Front
6 Casualty Clearing Station
Letter to Mrs Hopkins (2)
Telegram with the official message that A.C. Hopkins has been wounded in battle.
Other
Telegram
A.C. Hopkins with his family
A.C. Hopkins with family
A.C. Hopkins after WWI
A. C. Hopkins after the war