Belgium: 50th Anniversary Of The Death Of Edith Cavell

Memorial events in Belgium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Edith Cavell.

The 50th anniversary of Edith Cavell's death is remembered in Belgium. Beneath the street sign for Rue Edith Cavell is a commemorative plaque to the British nurse shot by the Germans on 12 October 1915. Current and former nurses place sheaves of flowers at the Cavell and Depage memorial outside the École Edith Cavell. An exterior view of the Prison de Saint-Gilles (St Gilles Prison) outside Brussels, followed by interior scenes. Lady Barclay and nurses lay flowers in the cell where Edith Cavell was held prisoner.

Featured Buildings

Prison de Saint-Gilles; Ecole Edith Cavell

Keywords

Remembrance; Memorials; Nurses; Nurse Edith Cavell; World War I; Prisons; Nurse training

Other Places

Saint-Gilles, Ixelles, Belgium

Background Information

Originating from one of the Reuters archives, this film appears in the British Pathe website: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVAC5AN2VN778IGOHT8NVM91RH06-BELGIUM-50TH-ANNIVERSARY-OF-DEATH-OF-EDITH-CAVELL-COMMEMORATED/query/Cavell The Brussels memorial was inaugurated 15 July 1920 in the presence of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, government minister P. E. Janson, Paul du Bois (the sculptor) and ambassadors from Britain and the United States. A nearby street name plaque explains that Marie Depage was a nurse in the Belgian army, who perished when the "Lusitania" was torpedoed by the Germans, 8 May 1915. The Edith Cavell hospital is the building behind the monument. http://www.brusselsremembers.com/memorials/cavell-and-depage