Edith Cavell 1865-1915 was a British nurse, working in German-occupied Belgium during the First World War. She helped hundreds of British, French and Belgian soldiers escape the Germans and was arrested, tried and executed in 1915.
Edith was born in the village of Swardeston, Norfolk. She was the daughter of a rector and worked as a governess in Belgium, before training to be a nurse in London. She worked in hospitals in Shoreditch, Kings Cross and Manchester and then accepted a position in Brussels as Matron in Belgium's first training hospital and school for nurses. Near the cache you will find a memorial which originally stood in front of the nearby hotel. If you walk inside the grounds of the cathedral and follow the path around towards the rear of the cathedral you will find the old and the new grave stones and the final resting place of Edith.
For more information please check out the website
www.edithcavell.org.uk
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