Mary Evans Scenes at the unveiling of the Edith Cavell memorial, 1920 10933684

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Picture No	10933684
Date	1920
Description	Scenes at the unveiling of the Edith Cavell memorial, 1920
Details	Scenes showing the unveiling of the memorial to Nurse Edith Cavell on 17 March 1920. The memorial, which stands at the junction of St. Martin's Lane and Charing Cross Road, featured a statue by Sir George Frampton and was unveiled by Queen Alexandra. Pictures show, from left, The Last Post sounded, the moment of the unveiling, the crowd surging round and Sir George Frampton the sculptor with the little boy who was the model for the child on the Humanity figure on the memorial. Edith Cavell was a nurse arrested by the Germans in August 1915 on charges of helping 200 Allied soldiers escape to the Netherlands. She was executed on October 12th 1915.
Source	Photographs in The Sphere, 27 March 1920
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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