Arthur Oswald Hopkins – Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion
Private Arthur Oswald Hopkins – Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Arthur Oswald Hopkins was born in 1897 in Pontypool, Monmouthshire , the son of William Hopkins and Annie Hopkins . His childhood unfolded in the industrial districts of Swansea, where the Hopkins family settled at Dinas Road and became part of the steel‑working communities of the Lower Swansea Valley. Family Life 1901 Census The 1901 Census records the Hopkins family living at 102 Dinas Road, Swansea , where William Hopkins , aged 44 and born in Carmarthenshire, worked as a Steel Worker , and his wife Annie , aged 41 and also Carmarthenshire‑born, managed a large household. Their children present were Gwilym J. , 20, a Labourer in the Tube Works ; Annie M. , 18; Joseph A. , 17; Octavia M. , 12; Morfydd , 9; Ivor B. , 7; Arthur O. , 4; and Kate V. , 2. The census paints a picture of a busy home spanning all ages, with older children already engaged in skilled industrial work. 1911 Census By the 1911 Census , the fa...
