TRIBUTE TO NURSE CAVELL.
Queen Alexandra unveiled the statue of Edith Cavell in Trafalgar Square on the site where thp Gordon statue stood prior to removal to Khartoum. The statue, erected by "Daily Telegraph" subscriptions, is cut out of white marble, and shows Nurse Cavell standing erect in a hurse's uniform. There was a distin.guished Anglo-Belgian gathexing. Queen Alexandra, in welcoming the Belgian delegation, drew attention to the blending of the Anglo-Belgian flags on the statue as symbolical of perpetual friendship between the two nations.
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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 2, 26 March 1920, Page 12
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85TRIBUTE TO NURSE CAVELL. Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 2, 26 March 1920, Page 12
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