WE THANK GOD FOR
19 YEARS OF HAPPINESS
WITH OUR ONLY CHILD

SECOND LIEUTENANT THOMAS FREDERICK HENRY WAKE

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

10TH APRIL 1918 AGE 19

BURIED: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM


The dignity and restraint of this inscription are heartbreaking. Thomas Wake was wounded on 9 April when the Germans launched their Spring Offensive in Flanders - Operation Georgette. He died the next day in a Casualty Clearing Station in Lijssenthoek.