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Bryce Harold Adams

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Bryce Harold Adams

December 25, 1941
Stanley, Hong Kong

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30135

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Division:

Force C. Quebec Regiment

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

June 22, 1923
Millstream, Bonaventure County, Quebec

Enlistment:

August 10, 1940
Matapedia, Quebec

He was baptized on 25 June 1923 as Joseph Harold Byce Adams, in Matapédia, Bonaventure, Québec.

Son of James Alexander Adams, and Catherine Georgina Murray, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, later remarried as Mrs. Herman Deschamps. He was the brother of Walter, Clarence, George, Carl Maxwell, service number E-30677, Royal Rifles of Canada, who incidentally was a Prisoner of War in Hong Kong, Harry, Doris, Lillian and Julie. Listed his occupation as lumberman. He saw service in Canada, Newfoundland with Force W and Hong Kong with Force C.

Commemorated on Page 22 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Victoria, Hong Kong

Grave Reference:

VIII. A. 2.

Location:

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY is in the north-east of the island of Hong Kong, in the Chai Wan area, about 11 kilometres from the centre of Victoria, the capital of Hong Kong. At the entrance to the cemetery on Cape Collinson Road stands the memorial to those who died in Hong Kong and have no known grave. From it, the cemetery slopes down towards the sea and originally, the view towards the main land was magnificent. The easiest way to reach the cemetery is by the mass transit railway (MTR) Hong Kong line to Chai Wan Terminus. From the Terminus one can either walk up to the cemetery following Chai Wan Road to the roundabout, turning west into Wan Tsui Road, then south east up Lin Shing Road which leads to Cape Collinson Road. The CWGC road direction sign is fixed to a wall facing down Lin Shing Road. The Cape Collinson area has many cemeteries. Walking up this narrow one way traffic road, one will pass the Catholic Cemetery situated on the hillside to the left of the road, and the Hong Kong Military Cemetery on the right. SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY is about half way up Cape Collinson Road and faces the Muslim and Buddhist cemeteries. One can also get a taxi from Chai Wan Terminus and follow the same route. Alternatively one can board a public light bus, Route No. 16M, which runs from Chai Wan MTR Terminus to Stanley where the CWGC has another cemetery, the Stanley Military Cemetery. En route to Stanley the minibus will pass Sai Wan War Cemetery, stopping only on request.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS was reported to have Died of Wounds in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943.

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    Newspaper Clipping – Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS was reported to have Died of Wounds in the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943.
  • Newspaper Clipping– Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS brother, Rifleman Carl Adams, was taken Prisoner of War during the Defense of Hong Kong. He survived the ordeal of the POW Camps and was freed at the end of the war. This is a composite of items published in the Hamilton Spectator on October 28, 1942, January 8, 1943 and September 24, 1945

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    Newspaper Clipping – Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS brother, Rifleman Carl Adams, was taken Prisoner of War during the Defense of Hong Kong. He survived the ordeal of the POW Camps and was freed at the end of the war. This is a composite of items published in the Hamilton Spectator on October 28, 1942, January 8, 1943 and September 24, 1945
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    Gave Marker – Temporary roadside grave. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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    Gave Marker – Temporary grave marker. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS is one 283 Canadian soldiers, 107 of whom are unidentified, who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers who were killed, or subsequently died of wounds, during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941.

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    Grave Marker – Lance Corporal BRYCE HAROLD ADAMS is one 283 Canadian soldiers, 107 of whom are unidentified, who are buried at Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers who were killed, or subsequently died of wounds, during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941.
  • Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong– Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.

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    Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong – Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.
  • Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong– Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.

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    Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong – Source: Veterans Affairs Canada.

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