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Edith Louisa Cavell

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Jane Davis

Edith Louisa Cavell

Person  Male  Born 4/12/1865  Died 12/10/1915

Edith Cavell wa s born on 4 December 1865 in Swardeston in Norfolk. At the age of 20 she entered the nursing profession. In 1907 she became the matron of the Berkendael Institute in Brussels. During the First World War the Germans occupied Belgium, and Cavell sheltered British, French and Belgian soldiers at the Institute, from where they were helped to escape to Holland, which was neutral. In August 1915, Cavell and several others were arrested and tried by a court-martial. Cavell made a full confession and was sentenced to death on 7 October.
Although neutral governments, including the US and Spanish representatives tried to have them reprieved, she and a Belgian, Philippe Baucq, were shot on 12 October.
Her death was widely condemned, and we have found four memorials in London. She is buried at Norwich Cathedral.

On the Ixelles War Memorial she is listed as "Miss Cavell".

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Edith Louisa Cavell

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Cavell and Depage

Chosen as the featured memorial, February 2004, because it gives us an opport...

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Ixelles War Memorial

Inaugurated in July 1926. Central bronze by Samuel, stone side sculptures by...

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St Gilles Prison WW1 Memorial

This plaque is to the right of the main entrance to the prison.

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