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Bruxelles. Tir national. Cimetiere des victimes de l'occupation allemande lombe de Miss Cavell.

English Translation: "Tir National, Brussels. Cemetery of victims of the German occupation. Tomb of Miss Cavell."
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Bruxelles Monument eleve a la memoire de Miss Edith Cavell, directrice de L'Ecole belge des Infirmieres, emprisonnee le 5 aout 1915, fusillee le 12 octobre pout avoir fait passer des recrues a L'ennemi.

English translation: "Brussels Monument to…
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Nurse Cavell Memorial, St. Martin's Place, London - This beautiful and dignified statue stands in St. Martin's Place. It is a fitting memorial of Edith Cavell, who gave up her life for King and Country at Brussels, on 12th October, 1915.
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Miss Edith Cavell Memorial, rue George Leclercq Forest, Belgium.

Finished a tour of [points] of interest in Brussels, [but] disappointed with the church, known as the Cathedral. Saw the spot where Nurse Cavell was shot down_ also pictures by…
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Visit of Their Majesties, the King and Queen of England, to the Edith Cavell Memorial
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Bruxelles. Tir national. Cimetiere des victimes de l'occupation allemande. Tombe de Miss Cavell.

English Translation: "Tir National, Brussels. Cemetery of victims of the German occupation. Tomb of Miss Cavell."
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Funérailles de Miss Edith CAVELL.
Miss Edith CAVELL Funeral

Funeral procession for Edith Cavell following the end of the occupation.
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Removal of Miss Edith Cavell's body from the
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Execution Ground. The Firing party was posted where Mr Colinet, former Director of the Tir National, is seen; the Condemned was placed on the chair.
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Bruxelles- Prison of St. Gilles Miss Edith Cavell's cell killed by the Germans

Cavell, Edith Louisa. British Nurse. She was born Dec. 4. 1865, at Swardeston, Norfolk, the daughter of the Rev. Frederick Cavell. In 1906 she became matron of the…
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Miss Edith Cavell cowardly murdered by a German officer Condemned to death by a military tribunal in Belgium, under the charge of having favoured the evasion of British soldiers, miss Edith Cavell, of Norwich, a vouluntary nurse, is taken to the…
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Martyred by the Germans, Oct. 12th. 1915
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(On Front) Nurse Edith Cavell was the daughter of the Vicar of Swardeston, subsequently a resident of Norwich. During the Great War she nursed in the War Hospitals at Brussels, & effected the escape of many British prisioners, for which she was…
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Canadian Rockies' Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper Park, Alberta, Canada
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The dominating peak of the Athabasca Valley, Jasper National Park. Named to honor the heroine nurse of World War 1, Cavell's snowclad summit was a famous landmark during exploration days of the Canadian…
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The beautiful snow-capped peak in Jasper Park serves as a massive monument in honor of the British nurse heroine of World War I. The plaque erected at the base tells the story of Nurse Cavell, and in this impressive setting, each year a service is…
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

The dominating peak of the Athabasca Valley, Jasper National Park. Named to honor the heroine nurse of World War 1, Cavell's snowclad summit was a famous landmark during exploration days of the Canadian…
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