To All members. The Association has been advised that Major Peter Hoppe passed away, peacefully in his sleep on 29th of May, by his brother Andrew.Peter’s funeral will be held on Friday 14th June at 11:45AM at:-
St. Nicholas’s Church
Church Avenue
Gosforth
NE3 1BJ
There is a car park is nearby and the postcode for this is NE3 1AN.
If anyone is travelling by train the church is opposite the South Gosforth Metro Station.
The Service will be a Holy Communion which was Peter’s request
For those who cannot attend, but wish to view the service, please use this link:-
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8416885216?pwd=MCtJN1krU3Buejh4bWpDUnBqZ0x2QT09
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8416885216?pwd=MCtJN1krU3Buejh4bWpDUnBqZ0x2QT09
There will be a separate celebration of Peter’s life and cremation on Tuesday 18th June (Waterloo Day).
If you wish to write to offer your condolences to Andrew and Anne (Nelson), Peter’s children, this can be done using Peter’s home address:
6 Grove Park Oval,
St. Nicholas Avenue,
Gosforth
NE3 1EG.
Alternatively you can email Andrew on:- andrew.hoppe@hk.nilorn.com
If you are planning to attend the funeral it would be most helpful if you could let David Harrap and John Hogg know on the new Association email address:- rhq@dwr.org.uk
We can then give Andrew some guidance on numbers from the Regiment, which he has asked for.