(65) 1915 October. Nurse Edith Cavell is Executed

24th November.
Post Card from Frank to Ethel.


Christmas Greetings
From Frank to his Mother and Father






Frank to Ethel



Pte Harry Pearson R.A.M.C.



Postcard From Frank to Ethel

Edith had been hurriedly buried at the rifle range where she was shot and a plain wooden cross put over her grave. The shaft of this cross can be seen preserved at the back of Swardeston Church. When the war was over, arrangements were made for Edith's reburial.

Nurse Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied in Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage.

After the war her remains were returned to Britian and reburied in Norwich Cathedral, her home town.

Her Memoial in Norwich Cathedral