The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The funeral procession of Nurse Edith Cavell, en route to Westminster Abbey via Victoria Street. Escorted by guardsmen, the flag covered coffin was transported on a gun carriage. Crowds line the street. Nurse Cavell was executed on 12 October 1915 by a German firing party. Buried initally in Belgium, her body was exhumed after the war and was transported to Norwich where she was laid to rest in the Cathedral grounds, close to where she grew up. One of a series of images in an album relating to the wartime service of Lieutenant Harry Downes MC MM, 48th Battalion.
The funeral procession of Nurse Edith Cavell, en route to Westminster Abbey via Victoria Street. Escorted by guardsmen, the flag covered coffin was transported on a gun carriage. Crowds line the stree
The funeral procession of Nurse Cavell leaving Westminster Abbey, for Liverpool Street, where the body was placed on a special train for Norwich where she was laid to rest in the cathedral grounds, cl
The funeral procession of Nurse Cavell, showing the flag covered coffin on a gun carriage, headed by the Guards' Band, passing along Victoria Street. Crowds line the street. Nurse Cavell was executed
The funeral procession of Nurse Cavell, showing the flag covered coffin with a floral cross on a gun carriage, headed by the Guards' Band, passing Parliament Square. Crowds line the street.
The flag covered coffin containing the remains of Nurse Cavell, being carried into Westminster Abbey, by members of a Guards' Regiment. The memorial service was attended by King George V of England.
A close view of the funeral procession of Nurse Cavell through the crowded streets, showing the flag covered coffin with a floral cross, mounted on a gun carriage.
