Edith Cavell memorial
Edith Cavell (1865 - 1915), British nurse and patriot. Edith was the head of a training school for nurses in Brussels during German occupation, enabled many British, French and Belgian soldiers to escape from Belgium. Arrested by the Germans in August 1915 on charges of helping 200 Allied soldiers escape to the Netherlands during the First World War. She was executed on 12th October 1915 by German firing squad. Her last words before being shot were: "I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." A memorial is erected to her memory and stands at the bottom of St Martin's Lane, London
Picture No
10724680
Media ID
47595178
Size
3735px x 5059px
(2.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Topical in The Story of Seventy Momentous Years', page 94
