I never met my Uncle Maurice, who was born in October 1917 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England
In March 1941 he married Marguerite Dutton.
During WW11 Maurice (HOPWOOD, Cpl. Maurice Bleackley, 2340070) served in the Royal Corps of Signals. XXX Armed Corps Signals.
He died in India on 23 July 1942 aged 24 and only around 16 months of marriage.
To make matters even worse, he was not killed by a human enemy, but a flying one in the form of mosquitoes.
He died of malaria and is buried in the Gauhati War Cemetery, Guwāhāti, Assam, India.
Memorial Certificate for
Corporal Maurice Bleackley Hopwood
A section of the Gauhati War Cemetery,
Guwāhāti, Assam, India
War Memorial in Cheadle Hulme.
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