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12TH OCTOBER
1915 Death of Nurse Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was already a respected nurse as Matron of Belgium's first teaching hospital for nurses when World War I broke out in 1914. When her hospital was turned into a war hospital to treat soldiers she gained a name for treating both German and Allied soldiers equally.
When the German advanced took control of Belgium and her hospital she helped smuggle Allied troops out of Belgium though an underground tunnel in the hospital. German forces became suspicious and she was arrested in 1915. After confessing Cavell was tried at court martial, found guilty and sentenced to death along with others involved in the network. Despite international outrage she was executed by firing squad, then legal under international law.
After her death Cavell became a symbol of the Allied cause. When the war ended Cavell's body was repatriated and a service was held in Westminster Abbey before being buried in Norwich Cathedral.
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The Edith Cavell Railway Carriage, also known as the Cavell Van, is a historically significant prototype luggage van that entered service in 1919. It was built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and is known for its role in the repatriation of the bodies of Edith Cavell and Charles Fryatt after World War I. The van was later used to transport the remains of The Unknown Warrior in 1920. It is now a museum exhibit at Bodiam Railway Station and is usually on display during the season. The van's restoration was completed in 2010, and it is now in the care of The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum
1915 Death of Nurse Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was already a respected nurse as Matron of Belgium's first teaching hospital for nurses when World War I broke out in 1914. When her hospital was turned into a war hospital to treat soldiers she gained a name for treating both German and Allied soldiers equally.
When the German advanced took control of Belgium and her hospital she helped smuggle Allied troops out of Belgium though an underground tunnel in the hospital. German forces became suspicious and she was arrested in 1915. After confessing Cavell was tried at court martial, found guilty and sentenced to death along with others involved in the network. Despite international outrage she was executed by firing squad, then legal under international law.
After her death Cavell became a symbol of the Allied cause. When the war ended Cavell's body was repatriated and a service was held in Westminster Abbey before being buried in Norwich Cathedral.
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The Edith Cavell Railway Carriage, also known as the Cavell Van, is a historically significant prototype luggage van that entered service in 1919. It was built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway and is known for its role in the repatriation of the bodies of Edith Cavell and Charles Fryatt after World War I. The van was later used to transport the remains of The Unknown Warrior in 1920. It is now a museum exhibit at Bodiam Railway Station and is usually on display during the season. The van's restoration was completed in 2010, and it is now in the care of The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum
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