Preview
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 Statement URL
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.
File Name
cavell_059b.jpg