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Edith Cavell (1865-1915): Swardeston Norfolk
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Edith was born in 1865 in Swardeston Norfolk, daughter of Reverend Frederick Cavell who was the rector at St. Mary’s church. Edith became a nurse at the Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels which became a Red Cross Hospital for wounded soldiers after the German Army invaded Belgium in 1914. Edith assisted in helping over 200 allied soldiers to the neutral territory of Holland, including some of her own countrymen of Norfolk.
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Edith Louise Cavell was born in 1865 in the vicarage at Swardeston and grew up there. She was an accomplished artist and would collect and draw flowers. Edith had a flair for French which she had learned easily and quickly. She had several jobs as a governess and was recommended for a post in Brussels in 1890.
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Norfolk heroine Edith Cavell was born in Swardeston, south of Norwich, in 1865. Despite beginning her career as a governess, Edith went on to become a nurse, and later became matron of a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. She therefore spent much of her life in Belgium, although, after her father died, Edith would often return to visit her mother in Norwich.
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Edith Cavell, a nurse during the First World War, was born at Swardeston near Norwich where her father was vicar for over 40 years. She was an accomplished artist and would collect and draw flowers. During the war she worked as a nurse in Belgium but was caught helping British prisoners to escape and was shot by the Germans.
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Edith Cavell was brought up with her three younger siblings in Norfolk, where her father was a country parson. She was first educated at home with her two younger sisters, Florence and Lilian. Later she went to school and trained as a teacher. Soon after she worked as a governess.
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Edith Cavell was born in Swardeston, just 4 miles (6 Kms) south of Norwich, the daughter of the village vicar. She had an aptitude for languages, and at the age of 25 took the post of a governess in Brussels.
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