The inscription reads: In memory of Gladys, wife of William Maxwell, Baron Beaverbrook. Born 14th. February 1885, died 1st. December 1927. And so thy thoughts when thou art gone Love itself shall slumber on. Gladys Henderson was the daughter of Colonel (later General) Charles William Drury, of the Canadian Army. On the 30th. January 1906, she married William Maxwell Aitken, the press magnate who, in 1917, was ennobled as Lord Beaverbrook. He died in 1964, was cremated, and his ashes are in the town square of Newcastle, New Brunswick, beneath a bust by Oscar Nemon. In front of Lady Beaverbrook's grave are plaques to Cappy Kidd and Janet Kidd (qq.v.).
The inscription reads: In memory of Gladys, wife of William Maxwell, Baron Beaverbrook. Born 14th. February 1885, died 1st. December 1927. And so thy thoughts when thou art gone Love itself shall slumber on. Gladys Henderson was the daughter of Colonel (later General) Charles William Drury, of the Canadian Army. On the 30th. January 1906, she married William Maxwell Aitken, the press magnate who, in 1917, was ennobled as Lord Beaverbrook. He died in 1964, was cremated, and his ashes are in the town square of Newcastle, New Brunswick, beneath a bust by Oscar Nemon. In front of Lady Beaverbrook's grave are plaques to Cappy Kidd and Janet Kidd (qq.v.).
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In memory of Gladys, wife of William Maxwell, Baron Beaverbrook. Born 14th. February 1885, died 1st. December 1927. And so thy thoughts when thou art gone Love itself shall slumber on.
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