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Cavell Van

Aftermath of World War I in the United KingdomBritish Rail coaching stockSouth Eastern and Chatham RailwaySouthern Railway (UK)Use British English from December 2011
World War I memorials in the United Kingdom
Cavell van restored
Cavell van restored

The Cavell Van is the prototype Parcels and Miscellaneous Van (US: boxcar) built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway in 1919. It is so named because it was the van which carried the body of Edith Cavell when it was repatriated to the United Kingdom following the end of the First World War. The van also carried the bodies of Charles Fryatt and The Unknown Warrior. The three were the only sets of British remains repatriated following the end of World War I. The van served with the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, the Southern Railway and British Railways before entering into preservation at the Kent and East Sussex Railway. The van was fully restored in 2010.

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Cavell Van
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Rogersmead
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Cavell van restored
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