Editing Edith Cavell (section)

==Repatriation and burial==
[[File:CavellVanQEIIJ60.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of the [[Cavell Van]] at [[Bodiam railway station]]]]
[[File:Edith Cavell monument.JPG|thumb|left|Memorial to Cavell outside [[Norwich Cathedral]]]]
[[File:Schaerbeek Rue Colonel Bourg Enclos des fusillés 02.jpg|thumb|left|War memorial in Rue Colonel Bourg, [[Schaerbeek]] including Cavell's name]]
[[File:Edith's Grave .jpg|thumb|right|Cavell's grave at Norwich Cathedral, restored in 2016]]
Cavell's remains were returned to Britain after the war, sailing from [[Ostend]] aboard the destroyer [[HMS Rowena (1916)|HMS ''Rowena'']] and landing at [[Port of Dover#Western Docks|Admiralty Pier]] in [[Dover]] on 14 May 1919.<ref>'London's Homage to Nurse Cavell', ''[[The Globe (London newspaper)|The Globe]]'', 15 May 1919, page 1</ref><ref>'The Martyrdom of Edith Cavell - The Return Home of her Last Remains', ''[[The Graphic]]'', 24 May 1919, page 679</ref> Cavell's was one of only three sets of British remains repatriated following the end of the War, the others being [[Charles Fryatt]] and [[The Unknown Warrior]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harwichandmanningtreestandard.co.uk/news/17210770.restoration-captain-fryatts-grave-completed/|title = War hero's grave restored in time for 100th anniversary| date=11 November 2018 }}</ref> As the ship arrived, a full [[peal]] of [[Grandsire]] [[Method ringing#Method names|Triples]] (5040 Changes, Parker's Twelve-Part) was rung on the bells of [[St Mary's Church, Dover|St Mary's Church]] in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/Casualties/MoreMemorials/Areas/Plaquesetc/Plaquesetc.htm|title=Plaques and Panels|publisher=Dover War Memorial Project|access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> A plaque commemorating the peal in the church's bell-ringing chamber states it was "Rung with the bells deeply muffled with the exception of the Tenor which was open at back stroke, in token of respect to Nurse Cavell.” Deep (or full) muffling is normally only used for the deaths of sovereigns. All the ringers were former soldiers, including Frederick W Elliot, formerly [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]], who had been a prisoner of war in Germany for eight months.{{sfn|KCACR}}

Her body was transferred to a railway van and lay in state on the pier overnight before departing from [[Dover Harbour railway station|Dover Harbour station]] for [[London Victoria railway station|London Victoria]] station. Becoming known as the [[Cavell Van]], that van is kept as a memorial on the [[Kent & East Sussex Railway]] and is usually open to view at [[Bodiam railway station]], though during October 2015 it was placed on display outside the [[The Forum, Norwich|Forum]], Norwich.{{sfn|BBC News|2015}} From Victoria the body was processed to [[Westminster Abbey]] for a [[state funerals in the United Kingdom|state funeral]] on 15 May, before finally being reburied at the east side of [[Norwich Cathedral]] on 19 May, where a graveside service is still held each October.{{sfn|Norwich Cathedral}}