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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital

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English Heritage
Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1896 - 1901.

Site: Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital (1 memorial)

E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital

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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital

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Edith Louisa Cavell

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

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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital

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