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Secret Norfolk: Nurse hero was a spy
Is it time to reassess the legacy of one of the great Norfolk heroes of history? For more than a century, Edith Cavell's role helping wounded soldiers escape from behind enemy lines in the First World War has been told from the perspective of a nurse - executed by German forces under false accusations of espionage. But is it time that the famous Norfolk nurse was re-labelled as Swardeston's Celebrated Spy? Chris Goreham spoke to Dr Helen Fry about her discovery. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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