Artist/Photographer

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Publisher

Norvic Mill

Date Published

1919-1930

Publishing Note

Norvic Mill Jarrold's Crome Photo Series

Postcard Text

Edith Cavell. Nurse Edith Cavell was the daughter of the Vicar of Swardeston, subsequently a resident of Norwich. During the Great War she nursed in the War Hospitals at Brussels & effected the escape of many British prisoners, for which she was arrested on August 5th & shot on October 12th 1915. The Cavell Nurses Home was opened in her memory, & a Memorial Statue stands opposite it on Tombland. After the War her body was brought to Norwich & interred under the shadow of the Cathedral Walls. Swardeston Church. Of which her father was vicar. Nurse Cavell's birthplace Swardeston. Nurse Cavell's Statue. Tombland. Nurse Cavell's grave.

Personal Name Subject

Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Monuments; Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Tomb; Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915 -- Portraits

Topical Subject

Tombs -- England -- Norwich; Monuments -- England -- Norwich; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- England -- Norwich

Geographic Subject

Norwich (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Medical Subject

Nurses -- Belgium; Nurses -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Belgium; Capital Punishment -- Belgium; World War I -- Belgium

City/Country Location

Norwich (England)

Original Item Medium

postcards

Original Item Size

9 x 14 cm.

Genre

postcards

Local Genre

postcard

Type

Still Image; Text

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this material is unknown. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection

Source

Original postcard: Edith Cavell 1865-1915 Heroine of the Great War, Kay Seidenberg Nursing Postcard Collection, Accession Number 2016-02-01, Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

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cavell_059a.jpg

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