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 ...
The Barton, Porter & Wilkinson plaques are on the left hand wall of the porch, Chain, a later addition, is facing them on the right h...
88 Arlington Road This building stands on the site of the Bedford Tavern (1807) famous for the balloon ascents from its Tea Gardens. He...
The Corporation of the City of London Site of Aldersgate, demolished 1761
L.C.C. Sir John Lubbock, Baron Avebury, (1834 - 1913), born here.
The official Norway site provides useful background information for this plaque. Â See also the Norwegian gratitude stone.
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