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Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1896 - 1901.
E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
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 at Royal London Hospital
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally the Assembly Room of The Spread Eagle pub and later the Pictur...
There was only one British citizen amongst the victims; the others were Australian, Canadian, French, Spanish.
2013: "W H Reynolds Electrical Contractor Ltd" is still listed on many find-a-business type websites but that's all we can discover.
This building was opened on the 27th day of September 1948 by the Rt Hon Aneurin Bevan. P.C. M.P. Minister of Health. Mayor of Hammersmit...
See St Peter's Close. As far as we can discover Nelson had no particular association with this area.
Easteight gives some interesting information about this mural. Mike Jones finished this work after Ray Walker became ill. 2024: Londonis...
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
This plaque replaced the one for Eric Morecambe on his own.
The town was founded when Dudley, Lord North (1602-77) discovered a mineral spring in the area, and after drinking the water found his ill-health had improved. He persuaded his friends to try it an...
'Fairlight' in Wood Lane, Highgate, was built in 1908 for Julius Elias. who was the head of the publishing firm, Odhams Press, and later became Viscount Southwood. There is a book by R.J Minney, 'V...
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