London Borough of Hackney
Edith Cavell. Executed in Belgium by German firing squad for assisting injured soldiers in World War I. Assistant Matron at the Shoreditch Infirmary, 1903 - 1906.
Cavell was executed by the Germans in Brussels and she figures on our sister site, BrusselsRemembers.
E2, Kingsland Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edith Cavell plaque
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Edith Cavell was born on 4 December 1865 in Swardeston in Norfolk. At the age...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Edith Cavell plaque
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
This site can be found at the east bound Circle Line platform. To the right of the monument there is an unusual charity collecting box ma...
Rossetti kept a menagerie in his back garden, much to the annoyance of his neighbours. It included a bull, a white peacock, a kangaroo, a...
Eleanor Rathbone, 1872-1946, pioneer of family allowances, lived here. Greater London Council
The WW1 memorial plaque is above the entrance, with the names listed on two panels, one either side of the entrance, set at an angle. The...
In memory of the seven people who lost their lives and those who were injured in the Potters Bar tragedy on May 10th 2002.
