Willis Tree cousin wins battle for information on dad’s heroic deeds
Charlie Elphicke – Member of Parliament for Dover & Deal – has been helping a Willis Tree cousin and contributor to gain access to his father’s military records. The following comes from Mr Elphicke’s website:
Anthony Pile battled for three years to gain access to his war hero father’s medal citations. Anthony was told that as he was not the next of kin he was not allowed to know of his father’s heroic deeds in WWII.
I thought this was crazy. So I took it up with the Ministry of Defence and they claimed data protection. So I got a ruling from the Information Commissioner’s office that there was no reason to withhold the medal citations. The MoD then gave way and Mr Pile now has the full information on his father’s heroic exploits in the Navy.
I am delighted that Anthony can now tell his kids about how his father was a war hero and gallantly served our country.
Source: http://www.elphicke.com/news/son-wins-battle-for-information-on-dads-heroic/252
Another HOPPER strand…
I’ve discovered another Hopper strand… starting with William Hopper, born in 1766 somewhere in Kent. He married Sarah Grant in Swingfield, Kent in 1793 and they settled in Coldred, Kent. They went on to raise a family of nine children.
Alas this is another Hopper family I am currently unable to link to my main Hopper line, descending from Richard Hopper, born in Ickham, Kent in about 1560.
New name on the Roll of Honour
I received an email from Therasa Dowsett who said:
I have found out that my 2x great uncle, Jack Taylor, died fighting in WW1. Jack (born 18th October 1894) was the brother of Percy and the son of Frederick Taylor and Annie Maria Hopper and is listed on your website. I would be really pleased if you could include him in your Roll of Honour for WW1.
She gave me some further biographical details and information from Jack’s military records and with those, and data and a photo of Jack from the Dover War Memorial Project, I have been able to add an entry for Jack to the Roll of Honour:
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