Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Stanley Percy Foster
In memory of:
Private Stanley Percy Foster
October 28, 1942
Camp Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Military Service
H/6533
20
Army
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Additional Information
March 16, 1922
Winnipeg, Manitoba
September 22, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of Percy Samuel Foster and Elizabeth Bilodeau of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Percy served in the First World War and fought in France with the 16th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, regimental number 198268, and was wounded twice in action. He was demobilized in 1919 with the rank of corporal. He was the brother of Royal Canadian Air Force aviator Clayton Edward Foster, regimental number R-123956. He survived the war.
He enlisted in 1937 with the Winnipeg Grenadiers - NPAM - and transferred to the 1st Battalion, Regular Forces of that battalion on September 22nd, 1939. He served in Manitoba, Jamaica with Y Force, Hong Kong with C Force.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Foster Peninsula located on Knee Lake in his honor in 1995.
Commemorated on Page 74 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
Victoria, Hong Kong
VIII. B. 16.
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.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Photo of Stanley Foster – Stanley Foster leaving for deployment by train -
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Photo of Stanley Percy Foster – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War II and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
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