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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(1/8) On this day 14 May 1919 Nurse Edith Cavell's body arrived at the Promenade Pier in #Dover. Edith was executed under German military law for helping British and Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. The postcards are of the cortege that accompanied her coffin through Dover.

A black and white postcard of a large funeral procession crowds of onlookers either side.

A black and white postcard of a large funeral procession along Marine Parade in Dover with crowds of onlookers either side.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(2/8) Edith Louisa Cavell (1865–1915) was a British nurse who is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides during the First World War and for helping British and Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.

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