Cavell, Edith

Cavell, Edith (1866-1915), nurse, b. Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Edith Cavell ran a hospital in Brussels, Belgium, in the First World War (1914-18).

The city fell into German hands and she helped about two hundred English and French soldiers to escape to Holland.

She was arrested and shot by a German firing squad on 12 October, 1915.

There is a statue of Edith Cavell in St. Martin's Place, London.

See Jack Batten Silent in an Evil Time: The Brave War of Edith Cavell