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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

Here, in a photograph taken along the road which each year leads thousands of visitors to its base, is Mount Edith Cavell. Dominating the Athabasca Valley at Jasper, Cavell was named in memory of the heroine…

Mt. Edith Cavell was named for the heroic nurse who was shot during World War I. its former name during the days of the fur trade was La Montagne de la Grande Traverse. It was a much used landmark as its elevation 11,033 ft. (3363 m.) make it one of…

7/21/63 Dear "Roomie," Back Here. Again. At Jasper lodge after after an exciting week of sight seeing in Canada. Love Jasper. As you said I would. One more week and then I'll begin working "eastward" by degrees. Love, Ruth Miss Dorothy Farra Dean…

Lake Edith, Jasper, Alberta, Canada

Lake Edith is one of 50 beautiful mountain lakes in the valley surrounding the resort town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. The snow peak is Old Man Mountain.

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 Rockies, and of the overland route to the…

Miss Edith Cavell.- Arrested on August 5th, 1915, by the German authorities, and executed on October 12th, on a false charge of having assisted British, French and Belgian Soldiers to escape and rejoin the Colours. She was one of the martyrs of the…

Miss Edith Cavell.- Arrested on August 5th, 1915, by the German authorities, and executed on October 12th, on a false charge of having assisted British, French, and Belgian Soldiers to escape and rejoin the Colours. She was one of the martyrs of the…

Miss Edith Cavell- Arrested on August 5th, 1915, by the German authorities, and executed on October 12th on a false charge of having assisted British, French, and Belgian Soldiers to escape and rejoin the Colours. She was one of the martyrs of the…

Mis (sic) Edith Cavell's cell - killed by the Germans

Nurse Cavell monument made at St Breward quarry 1919-20 photo by J. Chapman

Photo F. MAT, 90, rue George Leclercq Forest, Belgium Monument Miss Edidh (sic) Cavell

Monument to Edith Cavell and Marie Depage in Brussels

Bruxelles Memorial Edith Cavell et Marie Depage

This is in front of the school for nurses that Edith Cavell founded. Marie Depage was lost on the Lusitania on the way back from America where she had leave to raise funds to carry on the works.

To mum with love from Jim B.b.F Luignies, Belgium

Kindest regards to all.
Leveau Belgium 28/12/18
Dear Cousin: I hope you will pardon me for not answering your letter sooner but to tell you the honest truth I have been having a whale of a time since the war finished and have shamefully neglected…

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."

Belgian Soldiers Fund Official Souvenir - 1916

The Belgian Soldier Has No Home! Donations gratefully received by the Secy., 19, James St., Oxford St., London, W.

Miss Edith Cavell

The parody of justice at the court of Kultur

The murder. "Well done," said "Kultur."

A welcome gift for Kaiser's Birthday

"Kultur" threatens Miss Cavell nursing a wounded enemy