On 4th December 1865 Edith Cavell was born
In 1897 Edith Cavell [aged 31] was sent to assist with the typhoid outbreak at Maidstone, Kent [Map] for which she subsequently was awarded the Maidstone Medal.
After 1915 Monument to Edith Cavell [aged 49] in Peterborough Cathedral [Map].
On 3rd October 1915 Edith Cavell [aged 49] was arrested for helping allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.
On 12th October 1915 Edith Cavell [aged 49] was shot by firing squad for having helped two-hundred allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War.
On 15th May 1919 a funeral for Edith Cavell was held at Westminster Abbey. Thereafter her coffin was transferred to Norwich Cathedral where she was buried.