London Borough of Hackney
Edith Cavell. Executed in Belgium by German firing squad for assisting injured soldiers in World War I. Assistant Matron at the Shoreditch Infirmary, 1903 - 1906.
Cavell was executed by the Germans in Brussels and she figures on our sister site, BrusselsRemembers.
E2, Kingsland Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edith Cavell plaque
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
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 plaque
Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils ...
Williams was working as a buyer at Hitchcock, Rogers & Co., a large retail drapers at 72 St Paul's Churchyard. The situation of worke...
All the street signage and the intimidating shutters make this building difficult to photograph. It is actually a rather nice small vill...
The Richmond plaque can be seen in our photo, between the lamppost and the two blackboards.
John Richard Archer 1863 - 1932, Mayor of Battersea, 1913 - 1914 (first black London mayor) had a photography shop and lived here, 1918 -...
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