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Military service
Service number:
B/68234
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
December 25, 1920
Aberdeen, Scotland
Enlistment:
July 9, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
December 26, 1941
Wong Nei Chong Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 24.
Additional information
Son of William Chalmers and Helen Creigh Simpson, of Lakeview, Ontario. Brother of William, Lawrence, Marjory, Grace and Louise.
He served in Ontario and in Hong Kong with Force C. He had 171 days of service, including 60 overseas.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
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Memorial
Rifleman RALPH KINGSTON CHALMERS is one of 20 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He died of wounds substained during the defense of Hong Kong which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. In total 290 Canadian soldiers were killed and 493 were wounded in this battle. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Newspaper clipping
Rifleman RALPH KINGSTON CHALMERS was reported Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 244th overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 9, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of RALPH KINGSTON CHALMERS
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Ralph Kingston Chalmers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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