Gladys Aylward
(1902-1970)

woman and missionary

Died aged c. 68

Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book The Small Woman, by Alan Burgess, published in 1957, and made into the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman, in 1958. The film was produced by Twentieth Century Fox, and filmed entirely in North Wales and England.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Gladys Aylward 1902-1970 missionary lived here

67 Cheddington Road, N18, London, United Kingdom where they lived

Gladys Aylward 1902 – 1970 Missionary to China and a pupil of this school AYLWARD SCHOOL

Aylward School. Windmill Road, N18, London, United Kingdom where they attended school