Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Stephen John Hopkins
In memory of:
Seaman Stephen John Hopkins
April 2, 1917
South Pacific
Military Service
44
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Benlarig (Leith, Scotland) (118695)
Additional Information
April 26, 1872
Old Perlican, Bay de Verde, Newfoundland and Labrador
Son of Henry Hopkins and Eliza Ann Day of Monroe Street, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
On 2 April 1917, the Benlarig, which had sailed from Fremantle, Australia, to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), went missing in the Indian Ocean. She had been requisitioned by the British Admiralty as a collier and renamed Collier 617. It was always thought to be an act of sabotage. Hopkins' date of death is therefore approximate.
Commemorated on Page 35 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom
N/A
THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens) -
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Memorial – His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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