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
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Edith Cavell plaque
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Edith Cavell was born on 4 December 1865 in Swardeston in Norfolk. At the age...
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Edith Cavell plaque
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