Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC HOPPIT, WALTER GORDON Rank: Gunner Service No: 1483564 Date of Death: 15/10/1941 Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 7/4 Maritime Regt. Panel Reference: Panel 62, Column 3. Memorial: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Details of the above loss.... 15 October 1941 The cargo ship Empire Heron, carrying Sulphur, Canada to the UK in convoy SC-48 was sunk by U 568 south east of Cape Farewell.