Edith Cavell with group of nurses, Brussels, Belgium
Edith Cavell (1865-1915), seen here at the centre of a group of young nurses of all nationalities whom she trained at the hospital in Brussels during the First World War. She was executed by the Germans on 12 October 1915 for helping allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium
Picture No
10511532
Media ID
48001576
Size
6136px x 3683px
(2.3MB)
Credit
(c) Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
circa 1914
