Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Nursing Sister
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Army Nursing Service
Division:
1st Canadian General Hospital
Birth:
December 13, 1883
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Enlistment:
June 10, 1916
London, Ontario
Death:
May 21, 1918
Étaples, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXVIII. L. 5.
Additional information
Daughter of Gervas Fountayne and Amy Rosamond Wake, of Compton Hill, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Nursing Sister Wake was a graduate of Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing, Victoria, British Columbia, Class of 1912.
Digital gallery of Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
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Photo of Gladys Wake
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Photo of Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Wake, WW 1, 1918 -
Grave Marker
We visited the military cemetery at Staples on 27th October 2015 with flowers. My children each chose a grave for their flowers at random -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Funeral Procession
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Grave Marker
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The Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing Memorial Scroll
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Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account of Bombing-1 from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front which can be found on http://www.archive.org/ -
Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account of Bombing-pg 2 from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front which can be found on http://www.archive.org/ -
Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account of Bombing-pg 3 from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front which can be found on http://www.archive.org/ -
Eyewitness Account
Eyewitness Account of Bombing-pg 4 from the Bank of Commerce Letters from the Front which can be found on http://www.archive.org/ -
Funeral Procession
funeral procession Credit: William Rider-Rider / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-002562 -
War Diary
War Diary 1 Report of the German air raid on 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France -
War Diary
War Diary 2 The aftermath of the air raid on 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France, is reported. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 30, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y149uvic/mode/1up?view=theater -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of June 16, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y164uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
Digital gallery of
Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 517 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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