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Publisher
F. MAT
Date Published
1915-1930
Description
Transcription: Cavell, Edith Louis. British nurse. She was born Dec.4.1865, at Swardeston, Norfolk, the daughter of the Rev. Frederick Cavell. In 1906, she became matron of the École Belge d'Infirmières Diplômées (later known as the École Édith Cavell). In Brussels on Aug. 5, 1915, she was arrested by the Germans, charged with harbouring refugees and assisting them to escape. On Oct. 7, her trial took place; on October 11, she was sentenced to death and was shot in the Tir National, Brussels, the following morning. In May 1919, her body was brought to England and buried in the precincts of Norwich Cathedral. In Britain, memorials to her, such as homes for nurses, etc., were established, and a monument was erected in St. Martin's Place, London.
Publishing Note
Photo F. MAT, 90, rue George Leclercq, Forest. (Reproduction interdite).
Postcard Text
Bruxelles - Prison de St-Gilles. Cellule de Miss Edith Cavell fusillée par les Allemands. Prison of St. Gilles. Miss Edith Cavell's cell killed by the Germans.
Personal Name Subject
Cavell, Edith, 1865-1915
Topical Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, German; World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities -- Belgium; World War, 1914-1918 -- Women; Nurses -- England; Nurses -- Belgium
Geographic Subject
Brussels (Belgium)
Medical Subject
Nurses -- Belgium; Nurses -- Great Britain; Prisoners -- Belgium; Capital Punishment -- Belgium; World War I -- Belgium
City/Country Location
Brussels (Belgium)
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; fre
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: Prison of St. Gilles, 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
kay_062b.jpg