# Gerald Hopkinson

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[Major-General](/source/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)) **Gerald Charles Hopkinson** [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) [DSO](/source/Distinguished_Service_Order) [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) [MC](/source/Military_Cross) (27 May 1910 – 2 June 1989) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who commanded the [4th Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)) after seeing service in [World War II](/source/World_War_II).

## Early life

Hopkinson was born in [Wellington, Somerset](/source/Wellington,_Somerset) to Captain Charles Reginald Thompson Hopkinson of the [East Surrey Regiment](/source/East_Surrey_Regiment), who was [killed in action](/source/Killed_in_action) in September 1914, a month after the [British entry into World War I](/source/British_entry_into_World_War_I), and Beryl Mary Stewart.[3][4]

## Military career

Educated at [Haileybury](/source/Haileybury_and_Imperial_Service_College),[5] Hopkinson was [commissioned](/source/Officer_(armed_forces)) in to the [Royal Tank Corps](/source/Royal_Tank_Regiment) in 1930.[6] He served in [World War II](/source/World_War_II)[7] as Commanding Officer of the [44th Royal Tank Regiment](/source/44th_Royal_Tank_Regiment)[8] and then, briefly, as acting Commander of [4th Armoured Brigade](/source/4th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_North_East) in early 1945.[9] He became [Commanding Officer](/source/Commanding_Officer) of [1st Royal Tank Regiment](/source/1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment) in 1952.[10] He was appointed Commander of [33rd Armoured Brigade](/source/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)) in 1953, [General Officer Commanding](/source/General_Officer_Commanding) (GOC) of the [4th Division](/source/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)) in 1957 and Director of the [Royal Armoured Corps](/source/Royal_Armoured_Corps) in 1959 before retiring in 1962.[11]

## References

1. *England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007*

1. *1911 England Census*

1. *Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813–1914*

1. Clutterbuck, L. A. & Dooner, W. T. (1914). [*The Bond of Sacrifice: A Biographical Record of All British Officers who Fell in the Great War*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UvflAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+Reginald+Thompson+Hopkinson&pg=PA194). Anglo-African Pub. Contractors. pp. 194–195. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

1. ["Military Crosses - Haileybury"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120320012045/http://www.haileybury.com/medals/military_cross%20ISC.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.haileybury.com/medals/military_cross%20ISC.htm) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

1. No. 33639. 29 August 1930. p. 5361.

1. [Recommendations for Honours and Awards](http://www.hut-six.co.uk/WW2data/WO373-111-U.html)

1. Chadwick (1970), The Royal Tank Regiment, p114

1. [Orders of Battle](http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1360&Tab=App) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070314210144/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1360&Tab=App) 14 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine

1. ["1 Royal Tank Regiment Commanding Officers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110810235921/http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/1rtrcommandingofficers.aspx). Archived from [the original](http://www.royaltankregiment.com/en-GB/1rtrcommandingofficers.aspx) on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.

1. [Army Commands](http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf) 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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