Websites

There are many other websites of interest concerning Nurse Cavell.

The Cavell Nurses Trust: www.cavellnursestrust.org.

This Trust provides vital support to all UK nurses during very difficult times,  offering help to registered nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants, student nurses and retired nurses who have given a lifetime of caring and compassion.

The Trust, formerly known as NurseAid, was originally set up in 1917 following the public outcry that followed the death of Edith Cavell. Many members of the public sent donations in memory of Edith and at the Cavell family’s suggestion the Trust set up several rest homes for nurses Edith Cavell had said that after the war she would hope to runs such a home for those needing relief from the stresses of nursing.

Each year the Trust also awards scholarships to outstanding student nurses and midwives in their final year of studies. This commemorates Edith Cavell’s commitment to the development of her profession.

A website for schools on heroes and heroines features a lively and very accessible section in Edith Cavell.  See http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/hero/86. Pages give the details of the story and opinions about her as well as some of her own comments. Readers are invited to reach their own conclusion as to ”Should she be considered a heroine?” This should be a very helpful aid for teachers and students alike who are wanting the key evidence about Edith Cavell and her life and work.

The railway van which was used to carry the coffin of Edith Cavell from Dover to Victoria in May 1919 can be seen in Kent where it is in the keeping of the Kent and East Sussex Railway. See: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/archive/index.php/t-16441. During 2010 it was restored to its ‘as built’ condition and it is used as a memorial exhibit to commemorate the Unknown Warrior, Nurse Cavell and Captain Fryatt whose remains it conveyed. It was inagurated on 10 November 2010 , the 90th anniversary of its use to convey the Unknown Warrior’s remains from Dover to London. It is normally located at the K&ESR Bodiam site. To visit the van and to find details of the days when this railway is running and there is access please consult the K&ESR website. http://www.kesr.org.uk/visitor-information

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/swardeston/swardeston.htm
Norfolk Churches website: Swardeston page. Pictures of St Mary’s Swardeston including the East window in memory of Edith Cavell

http://www.firstworldwar.com
An extensive website about The Great War. See especially the following entries concerning Edith Cavell, which give further background to her trial and execution:

• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_deleval.htm
  The report sent to the Chairman of the U.S. Legation in Belgium, Brand Whitlock, by Belgian councillor Maitre G. de Leval. Leval’s report addresses the sentence of execution handed down by German military authorities in occupied Belgium on English nurse Edith Cavell.
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_gibson.htm
  The report sent by the Secretary of the U.S. Legation to Belgium, Hugh Gibson, to the Legation’s Chairman, Brand Whitlock, dealing with the execution of Edith Cavell.
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_whitlock.htm
  The letter sent by the U.S. Minister to Belgium, Brand Whitlock, to German military authorities dealing with the execution of Edith Cavell.
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_gahan.htm
  The account given by British chaplain H. Stirling Gahan of a meeting with Edith Cavell on the night preceding her execution in Brussels by German military authorities.
• http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cavell_zimmermann.htm
  The account given by German Secretary for Foreign Affairs Arthur Zimmermann to the German press of Germany’s view of the execution of Edith Cavell. Zimmermann’s view was essentially that Cavell’s death was regrettable but necessary and just.

http://www.cathedral.org.uk
Norwich Cathedral website.

http://www.bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk/aboutus/the_royal_london_hospital.asp
The Royal London Hospital Museum and Archive.

http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/miss_edith_cavell.html
Contemporary postcards.

http://www.spartacus-educational.com/FWWtite.EG.htm
Private Reginald Tite – inspired by EC’s shooting to join up.

http://www.justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/57.html
Biographical sketches of memorable Christians of the past

http://www.britishpictures.com/stars/Neagle_Anna.htm
Star archive – Dame Anna Neagle who played Edith Cavell in 1939

http://www.iwm.org.uk
Search ‘Edith Cavell’ on the Imperial War Museum website for a wealth of further material.

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/spies.html
Women who were spies

http://www.aahn.org
Nursing history internet resources

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8813446
Edith Cavell’s grave at Norwich Cathedral.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10254
Edith Cavell’s original burial site as it is today.

http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/edith_cavell.htm
This extensive web site is mainly concerned with 20th Century UK Criminal & Military history.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The website of the UK National Archives. Entering ‘Edith Cavell’ into the search box reveals a whole host of sources and links.

If you find that any of the above links are no longer working, or if you have any others to suggest for inclusion here, We would be grateful for an e-mail.

Many thanks!