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A collection of stories about eccentric characters such as Martin Van Buchell, “surgeon, dentist, and professor in the art of cutting fistulas, &c, &c.” Francis Battalia, The Stone-Eater, who“devoured about half a peck of…
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Portrait of Edith Cavell in Charcoal
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Souvenir of Private F. A. Moore taken in front of Nurse Cavell's statue at Brussels on Jan. 18/19.
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Printed in Belgium
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Last words of Edith Cavell I realize I must have more patriotism, I must die without any feelings of bitterness, or hatred to wards anyone.
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Printed in Germany
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[Front] "I have seen death so often that it is not strange or painful to me. I am glad to die for my Country." Brussels, October 12th, 1915.
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Memorial Erected in Brussels to Miss Edith Cavell Killed by the Germans 12 October 1915.
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Miss Edith Cavell
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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.
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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…
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To mum with love from Jim B.b.F Luignies, Belgium
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Photo F. MAT, 90, rue George Leclercq Forest, Belgium Monument Miss Edidh (sic) Cavell
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Mis (sic) Edith Cavell's cell - killed by the Germans
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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…
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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…
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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…
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