Gladys Maude Mary Wake Plaque
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Photo credit: John Ducker, St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church
Municipality/Province: Esquimalt, BC
Memorial number: 59005-040
Type: Plaque
Address: 1379 Esquimalt Road
Location: St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church
GPS coordinates: Lat: 48.4295697 Long: -123.4223684
This memorial is dedicated to Gladys Maude Mary Wake.
Inscription found on memorial
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
GLADYS MAUDE MARY WAKE
NURSING SISTER CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
WHO GAVE HER LIFE IN DEVOTED SELF SACRIFICE
FOR HER COMRADES, DYING AT ETAPLES, OF
WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION (ENEMY AIRCRAFT)
MAY 21. 1918. AGED 34.
R.I.P.
SERVED IN ENGLAND, GREECE AND FRANCE.
"BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE
A CROWN OF LIFE."
"TELL THEM NOT TO BE SORRY, BUT GLAD,
AND TELL THEM TO CARRY ON."(FROM HER LAST MESSAGE)
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