Corporal Frederick Hopkins MM died during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge). Son of Henry and Dorothy K. Hopkins; husband of Mary Bisset Hopkins, of Largs, Ayrshire. Previously  awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Dieppe.
Recommendation
"18/19th August, 1942, Yellow 2, Dieppe.This soldier showed himself to be thoroughly alert and resourceful in his job in the intelligence section. He discovered and reported the landing at [......]. He found telephone wires leading to the battery and cut them. He particularly distinguished himself as one of the leading scouts during the advance through Berneval Village, and when the fighting started he was very much to the fore, being fortunately, an excellent rifle shot. By his work with a stripped Lewis gun when the L.C.P. was lying close inshore and completely exposed, he helped to render the Germans' fire erratic and comparatively ineffective".

Sources
CWGC.
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
London Gazette 35729, page 4328.
National Archives file WO373/93/842.
Note: First and middle name shown as Frank William on NA file above. Correctly shown on CWGC and LG as Frederick Walter.