Allegiance United Kingdom | Years of service 1930 - 1962 Rank Major general | |
Commands held 44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment4th Mechanized Brigade1st Royal Tank Regiment33rd Armoured Brigade4th Division Awards Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross | ||
Major-General Gerald Charles Hopkinson CB DSO OBE MC was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division.
Military career
Educated at Haileybury, Hopkinson was commissioned in to the Royal Tank Corps in 1930. He served in World War II as Commanding Officer of 44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment and then as Commander of 4th Mechanized Brigade. He became Commanding Officer of 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1952. He was appointed Commander of 33rd Armoured Brigade in 1953, General Officer Commanding 4th Division in 1957 and Director of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1959 before retiring in 1962.
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