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.