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 ...
It's rare for a plaque to specify the time at which it was unveiled - we count ourselves fortunate if we get the year.
This square is dedicated to the memory of Paul Head, 1960 - 2014, founding Chair of the Bernie Grant Arts Centre Partnership.
Bedford College for Women University of London, founded here in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser Reid.
The Harmsworth plaque is inside the entrance lobby to the Museum, just to the right of our photo.
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