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| Last Female WWI Vet Dies At 109 |
| 2008-08-30 |
| British-born Gladys Powers died at her home in British Columbia, Canada, on August 14, the Ministry of Defence said. She was born in Lewisham, south London and joined the Women's Auxiliary Corps aged 15, after fibbing about her age and later served with the Women's RAF. All but a few of the service records of the women who served during World War One were destroyed during the Blitz in 1940, making it impossible to formally confirm her time in the military. After the Great War Gladys emigrated to Canada war with her first husband, Canadian soldier Ed Luxford. She was to remarry three times and outlived all of her former husbands. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 A hearty well done and a crisp hand salute to Mrs. Powers. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-30 19:45 |