Maybe George Hopgood was his father? That would seem like a worthwhile explanation for a name change. Or maybe Daddy got into big trouble and had to take an alias?
I have a large original framed period photo of Roland Hopgood with a handwritten note on the back which reads - 'Uncle Roland Caws S.S. "Titanic" also Roland Hopgood fireman seaman lost on "Titanic" 1912'.
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