248871 Pte. William John Hooper British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps from:Swindon John Hooper was born in Middlesbrough in 1909 and had joined the Army as a full time regular soldier well before the War. He was part of the force who was left behind at Dunkirk and was taken prisoner and walked to Stalag XXB where he was a POW for the rest of the war. His number there was 7569.
I believe that on his return he spent time at a recovery barracks in Devizes. I do know he had a difficult time settling into a non military life and would return to the barracks at the end of any visits home.
He had married Iris Amelia Morris in Swindon in 1936 and they had one son. After the war he lived in Calne and worked for the Harris Sausage and Meat Products Company. He died in 1984.
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