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Military service
Service number:
H/6295
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
February 16, 1921
Carman, Manitoba
Enlistment:
September 13, 1939
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
December 19, 1941
Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 25.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Margaret Land, of Carman, Manitoba.
Brother of Gordon Stanley Land who was killed in action died on December 19, 1941 while serving with the Winnipeg Grenadiers.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
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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. -
Memorial
Lance Corporal ROY CLARENCE LAND 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. -
Newspaper Clipping
Lance Corporal ROY CLARENCE LAND 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. -
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. There is a possibility that the remains of Lance Corporal ROY CLARENCE LAND lie beneath this grave marker. The unidentified soldiers are commemorated at the Sai Wan Memorial. -
Photo of ROY CLARENCE LAND
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 ROY CLARENCE LAND
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Roy Clarence Land
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 35 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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