This article is about the WWI British nurse. For other uses, see Edith Cavell (disambiguation).
Edith Cavell
Nurse
Born
Edith Louisa Cavell 4 December 1865 Swardeston, Norfolk, England
Died
12 October 1915(1915-10-12) (aged 49) Tir national, Schaerbeek, Brussels, German-occupied Belgium
Cause of death
Execution by firing squad
Venerated in
Church of England
Feast
12 October (Anglican memorial day)
Edith Louisa Cavell (/ˈkævəl/KAV-əl; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy, the German Government refused to commute her sentence and she was shot. The execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage.
The night before her execution, she said, "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone". These words were inscribed on the Edith Cavell Memorial near Trafalgar Square. Her strong Anglican beliefs propelled her to help all those who needed it, including both German and Allied soldiers. She was quoted as saying, "I can't stop while there are lives to be saved."[1] The Church of England commemorates her in its Calendar of Saints on 12 October.
Cavell, who was 49 at the time of her execution, was already notable as a pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium.
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