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Military service
Service number:
H/6875
Age:
40
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
September 18, 1901
Englesey
Enlistment:
April 9, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 19, 1941
Wong Nai Chung Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of Hugh Owen and Anne Roberts, of Penysarn, Anglesey, Wales.
Served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force and Hong Kong with C Force. He had 255 days of service, including 53 overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Owen Lake located west of Family Lake in his honor in 1973.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Owen
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Memorial
Private RICHARD OWEN is one of 27 members of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Newspaper Clipping
Private RICHARD OWEN was reported to be Missing in Action in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Dedicatory Inscription of the Sai Wan Memorial
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Grave Marker
The Sai Wan Memorial is located at the entrance of Sai Wan Cemetery. 1,505 Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War are buried or commemorated at this cemetery, of which 444 of the burials are the remains of unidentified soldiers, including those of 107 Canadian soldiers, most of whom were killed or died of wounds during the defense of Hong Kong, which took place from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. This is one such grave marker in Section 9 Row D. There is a remote possibility that the remains of Private RICHARD OWEN lie beneath this grave marker. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial.
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Owen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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