Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Stewart Stanley Eccles and Katherine Anne Cleary. Husband of Ellen Amelia Allen of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Father of John Norman Eccles.
Stewart Stanley Eccles served for one year with the Fort Garry Horse Regiment and fought in the First World War. He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1918 with the 10th Battalion (Canadian Forestry and Railway Troops), regimental number 2503268. Holding the rank of Corporal, he served in England, Palestine, Egypt, France, and Belgium. He survived the war.
Brother of Airman Russell Gordon Eccles, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Private Kenneth A. Eccles. Both survived the Second World War.
During the Second World War, he served in Manitoba, in Jamaica with Y Force, and in Hong Kong with C Force. He completed 825 days of service, including 59 days overseas.
To commemorate his sacrifice, the Manitoba government named Eccles Lake, located northwest of Lake Tadoule, in his honour in 1972.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of NORMAN ECCLES
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. -
Biography
From the Manitoba/Northern Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Books. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Lance Corporal NORMAN CLEARY ECCLES was reported to have been Killed in Action the Canadian Army¿s 242nd overseas casualty list of the war published in the Globe and Mail on January 8, 1943. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canadian Casuatlies in the Defence of Hong Kong
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Honour Roll
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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. Although the identity of the soldier is only ¿Known onto God¿, it is possible that the remains of Lance Corporal NORMAN ECCLES lie beneath this grave marker. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
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. -
Memorial
Lance Corporal NORMAN ECCLES is one of 30 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.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Norman Eccles
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 29 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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