2nd Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Henry Wake, 1st Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was the son of Thomas Wake (auditor Madras Railway) and Rosa Wake, of Southcote, Hindhead, Surrey. Baptised on 30 Sep 1898 in St George's Cathedral, Madras, India. Educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire (Allenby/Highfield, 1912-15). Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1 May 1917. He joined the 1st Battalion in France who fought in the Battle of Messines in Jun 1917 and the third Battle of Ypres in Oct 1917. When the 1st Battalion moved to the Somme, he remained in Flanders and was attached to the 8th Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was wounded in a counter attack at Messines. He died from his wounds in a Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek on 10 Apr 1918. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
He is also commemorated on the Haileybury College memorial Cross at Haileybury College, Hailey Lane, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/92177), on the Haileybury College Roll of Honour (see: https://www.hailsoc.org/roll-of-honour) and on the North Staffordshire Regiment WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
2nd Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Henry Wake, 1st Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was the son of Thomas Wake (auditor Madras Railway) and Rosa Wake, of Southcote, Hindhead, Surrey. Baptised on 30 Sep 1898 in St George's Cathedral, Madras, India. Educated at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire (Allenby/Highfield, 1912-15). Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1 May 1917. He joined the 1st Battalion in France who fought in the Battle of Messines in Jun 1917 and the third Battle of Ypres in Oct 1917. When the 1st Battalion moved to the Somme, he remained in Flanders and was attached to the 8th Battalion the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was wounded in a counter attack at Messines. He died from his wounds in a Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek on 10 Apr 1918. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
He is also commemorated on the Haileybury College memorial Cross at Haileybury College, Hailey Lane, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/92177), on the Haileybury College Roll of Honour (see: https://www.hailsoc.org/roll-of-honour) and on the North Staffordshire Regiment WW1 Memorial in the Royal Memorial Chapel, RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey Heath Borough, Surrey, England.
Inscription
1st Bn. attd. 8th Bn.
Gravesite Details
North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds received at the counter-attack on Messines 10th April 1918. Age 19. Son of Thomas and Rosa Wake of 'Southcote ' Hindhead Surrey. XXVI. E.E. 9.
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