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Widow of Edward M. Hopton
1st Bt 1st Shropshire Yeomanry
Who died at Alexandria March 17th 1916
R.I.P.
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St Paul Tupsley
Herefordshire
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Edward Michael
Hopton
16th September 1884
Ranikhet, Bengal, India
17th March 1916
Died in Alexandria, Egypt from pneumonia
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Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
First World War
Lieutenant
1st/1st Battalion Shropshire Yeomanry
His brother Guy was also killed in Belgium in 1915
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