1. The arrival of Nurse Cavell’s remains at Dover on May 14 last, after being conveyed across the Channel by the destroyer Radiant from Brussels for re-interment at Norwich, England. The procession passing along the Dover Pier headed by wreaths sent by the Belgian Queen. Inset: Nurse Edith Cavell, who was condemned and shot by the Germans in Brussels on October 12, 1915, for aiding English and Belgians to escape from Prussian cruelty. 2. The body of Nurse Cavell arrives on a gun carriage at Westminster Abbey, where a special memorial service was held, the King and Queen being present. 3. The coffin being taken into Westminster Abbey. 4. Scene in the Abbey during the Nurse Cavell Memorial Service. 5. The departure from the Abbey of the military procession held in honour of Nurse Cavell’s funeral. 6. The coffin passing the Houses of Parliament on the way to Liverpool Street Station, whence it was conveyed to Norwich for burial.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1525, 17 July 1919, Page 26
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1591. The arrival of Nurse Cavell’s remains at Dover on May 14 last, after being conveyed across the Channel by the destroyer Radiant from Brussels for re-interment at Norwich, England. The procession passing along the Dover Pier headed by wreaths sent by the Belgian Queen. Inset: Nurse Edith Cavell, who was condemned and shot by the Germans in Brussels on October 12, 1915, for aiding English and Belgians to escape from Prussian cruelty. 2. The body of Nurse Cavell arrives on a gun carriage at Westminster Abbey, where a special memorial service was held, the King and Queen being present. 3. The coffin being taken into Westminster Abbey. 4. Scene in the Abbey during the Nurse Cavell Memorial Service. 5. The departure from the Abbey of the military procession held in honour of Nurse Cavell’s funeral. 6. The coffin passing the Houses of Parliament on the way to Liverpool Street Station, whence it was conveyed to Norwich for burial. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1525, 17 July 1919, Page 26
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