Gladys Maude Mary Wake Plaque

Esquimalt, British Columbia
Type
Other

This memorial is dedicated to Gladys Maude Mary Wake.

Inscription

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)

Location
Gladys Maude Mary Wake Plaque

1379 Esquimalt Road
Esquimalt
British Columbia
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 48.4295697
Long. -123.4223684

John Ducker, St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church
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