Lieutenant Gladys Irene Sare
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Sare,
Gladys Irene
Date of birth: 1889-06-06
Place of birth: Bath Somerset England
Next of kin: Mrs. A. J. Sare, Mother, 1 King George Apts., Old Field Ave., Montreal, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Graduate Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Gender: female
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
Lieutenant (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
213600
Service file: B8647-S055
Uploader's Notes: Daughter of Mrs. Annie G. Sare, of 352, West Hill Avenue, Notre-Dame de Grace, Montreal, Quebec.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: June 2016 - VM offered in Jeffrey Hoare June Auction [Nursing Sister Army Canadian Army Medical Corps H.M.H.S. Llandovery Castle ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2021-01-08