2019

TG2308 : Edith Cavell's Grave, Norwich Cathedral

taken 4 years ago, near to Norwich, Norfolk, England

Edith Cavell's Grave, Norwich Cathedral
Edith Cavell's Grave, Norwich Cathedral
Edith Cavell was born in the Swardeston Rectory, Norfolk in 1865. She worked as a governess in Belgium before deciding to train as a nurse at The London Hospital. She eventually accepted a matron’s post at Belgium’s first training hospital and nursing school. During WWI it became a Red Cross hospital and it was here that she nursed injured soldiers. Unbeknownst to her nursing colleagues, she was part of a network of people who aided and abetted the escape of allied soldiers and civilians from Belgium. Between 5 August - 11 October 1915 she was arrested, tried and sentenced by a German military court before being shot on 12 October. In 1919 her body was repatriated and buried in the grounds of the cathedral. However, in 2016 her grave was re-sited here, and re-dedicated, courtesy of a Department for Culture, Media and Sport grant. The words on her gravestone are identical to those on her statue situated near Trafalgar Square: ‘Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone.’ 

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David Hallam-Jones   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 23 December, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 1 January, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 2354 0891 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:37.9126N 1:18.1113E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TG 2354 0891
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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