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 : Canadian nurses on the Western Front, France, WW1


Canadian nurses on the Western Front, France, WW1

Canadian nurses on the Western Front during the First World War, looking among the ruins of their quarters after a bomb strike by German airships at No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, northern France. One nurse, Sister Gladys Wake, received fatal wounds during this strike, and died two days later. A total of 66 people (patients and staff) were killed as a result of the raid

Picture No
10546721
Media ID
48026786
Size
4999px x 4029px (3.4MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
19 May 1918

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Bombed Etaples Fatal Patients Quarters Searching Wake Wounds


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