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Military service
Service number:
H/6862
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
November 6, 1908
Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
April 24, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 19, 1941
<p>Wong Nai Chung Gap, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 26.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Johnson, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. Husband of Lily Johnson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
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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 -
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. -
Unknown 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. Although the identity of the soldier is only ¿Known Unto God¿, there is a possibility that the remains of Private CECIL HENRY JAMES JOHNSON lie beneath this grave marker. All of the unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Memorial
Private CECIL HENRY JAMES JOHNSON is one of 19 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 CECIL HENRY JAMES JOHNSON was reported to be Missing in Action the Canadian Army's 243rd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Stained Glass Window
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Bonnett ----- In memory of Cecil H. Johnson; presented by his wife. Cecil Henry Johnson was a medical non-combatant with the Winnipeg Grenadiers in Hong Kong. After being captured by the Japanese army, the men were being walked to the internment camp and one of the men in front of Private Johnson tripped and fell. Johnson stopped to tend to him and their captors shot and killed both men. After WWII Ended, the members of his battalion melted down their combat medals to create an award commemorating Pte. Johnson’s actions for his family. ------------------------------------------------------------ [stained glass window/vitrail] TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF CECIL H.J. JOHNSON, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM, AT HONG KONG, DECEMBER THE TWENTY FIRST 1941. ERECTED BY HIS WIFE. -
Photo of CECIL HENRY JAMES JOHNSON
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of CECIL HENRY JAMES JOHNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
Digital gallery of
Private Cecil Henry James Johnson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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