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Memorial to Nurse Cavell in London. Patriot and Martyr.

Memorial to Nurse Cavell in London. Patriot and Martyr.

Martyred by the Germans, Oct. 12th. 1915

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

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…

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…

Gabrielle Petit & Nurse Cavell, 3. Bruxelles- Tir National

The Tir National (Belgian National Shooting Range) in Brussels was the site of several executions during both World Wars, including those of Edith Cavell and Gabrielle Petit pictured here.

Jarrold's Series

(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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Portrait of Edith Cavell

Last Home of Edith Cavell

Rammler, a German soldier, was shot (without trial) at the same time as Baucq and Miss Cavell, for refusing to fire on this nurse. His coffin was found between these two patriots.

Monument to Edith Cavell and Marie Depage in Brussels