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 ...
Sir Adrian Boult CH, 1889 - 1983, conductor, lived at flat no. 78, 1966 - 1977. English Heritage
The library is the northern building, pools to the south. The Library plaque is below the bay window. The Baths plaque is on the white s...
The quotation is from the Bible, the Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy.
The house was designed and built for Clarkson's theatrical costume shop. His celebrated theatrical clients laid the foundation and coping...
2024: Andrew Hall wrote to say: "The Flamingo Club at 33 - 37 Wardour Street was also the location of the Fifty-Fifty Club, a supper and ...
