priv Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 Saw her story on Blue Peter when a child - noted the anniversary of her execution in today's Daily Telegraph. An Inspriational Lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 Rest in Peace Edith, gone but not forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 Echoing the above Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Elizabeth Stewart Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 Neglected by many as a woman. Killed for a cause that was essentially good, and because she was not afraid to speak out for what she knew to be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 How could we overlook? For interest And more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 She didnt have to do what she did. GOD BLESS HER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 12 October , 2007 Share Posted 12 October , 2007 Edith's memorial in Peterborough Cathedral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elaine s. Posted 14 October , 2007 Share Posted 14 October , 2007 Neglected by many as a woman. Killed for a cause that was essentially good, and because she was not afraid to speak out for what she knew to be right. In the House of Commons, Asquith paid tribute to Edith Cavell as "one of the brave women" England had not known existed among their womenfolk. Millicent fawcett indignantly accused him of "wilful blindness". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aelita Posted 14 October , 2007 Share Posted 14 October , 2007 I frequently pass St Leonard's Hospital on Kingsland Road, London, where she worked. There is a plaque to her memory on the outside. I wonder how many people see it and know who she was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 14 October , 2007 Share Posted 14 October , 2007 Here is the great lady herself: I picked this image up a few months ago in a bundle of postcards (nothing very exciting there I think - it was just to start off a collection) which I got from someone whose father had brought back from the front. I thought this was a postcard too but on closer inspection it deosn't appear to be one - it's the same size as one but the front of it is printed on a silk like material and glued to card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejcmartin Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 There is a Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Beautiful spot. http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/visit/visit28_E.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Saved from a similar fate by the Armistice Ada Cole was a nurse in Belgium during the war. Like Edith Cavell she helped allied soldiers escape, was caught by the Germans and was under a death sentence. She may have been working in Belgium since 1911. Did she know Edith Cavell? Does anyone know anything more about Ada Cole? Grateful, as always, for any assistance. Best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 http://www.ilph.org/about/ada-cole.asp Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Marina, Thanks for the link. I am already in touch with the ILPH. I wondered if there was something which they did not know. Did, for example, Cole and Cavell serve together in the same hospital? Thanks for getting in touch. Best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 David There are some documents at TNA pertaining to her arrest in Antwerp in 1918 - don't know what they comprise, and you may already have checked them out. FO383/378 [Prisoners of War and Aliens Department] 1918 [includes] Louise Cole and Ada Cole: arrest by German Police in Antwerp Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs Stan Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 We did visit her grave near the Norwich Cathedral 2 years ago. And the memorial for her near the cathedral. Greetz, Margreet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 28 October , 2007 Share Posted 28 October , 2007 Sue, Many thanks for that reference. I will check it the next time I am at the NA. I did not know that Louisa was with her sister. Thanks for getting in touch. Best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Strawbridge Posted 30 October , 2007 Share Posted 30 October , 2007 We did visit her grave near the Norwich Cathedral 2 years ago. And the memorial for her near the cathedral. Greetz, Margreet In the photograph there appears to be a medal or necklet on the bar of the cross. Did you place this there pre photograph or was it there and left by a previous visitor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs Stan Posted 2 November , 2007 Share Posted 2 November , 2007 No, it was not me who placed it there, must have been a previous visitor. Margreet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repulse Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Remembering Nurse Edith Cavell - executed 93 years ago today. http://www.flickr.com/photos/96183773@N00/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Cool, calm, courage. Still gives me much to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Whilst a student, many, many years ago, I worked summer holidays at the London Hospital Computer Dept....... on Edith Cavell Street. Thinking of her today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snavek Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 There's usually a well attended Memorial Service at her graveside each year, our local WFA branch forming part of the wreath laying party. Unfortunately I couldn't attend last year, and sadly I've read nothing about it this year. Her dedication, and her dignity in those final days made her a very special lady. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snavek Posted 13 October , 2008 Share Posted 13 October , 2008 Just an update on yesterday's message. The Edith Cavell Memorial Service will be held at her graveside in the Cathedral grounds next Saturday at 11 a.m. I hope to see a few of you local pals there. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reklaw Posted 23 October , 2008 Share Posted 23 October , 2008 And, of all places, there is an Edith Cavell street in Hillbrow in Johannesburg. Whether by accident or not, the General Hospital used to be very close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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