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The last words of Nurse Cavell'. Portrait of Edith Cavell, her mother and sister. Edith Louisa Cavell ( 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Daily Sketch. London, 1915. Source: Daily Sketch, 23 October 1915.

The last words of Nurse Cavell'. Portrait of Edith Cavell, her mother and sister.   Edith Louisa Cavell ( 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Daily Sketch. London, 1915. Source: Daily Sketch, 23 October 1915.
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The last words of Nurse Cavell'. Portrait of Edith Cavell, her mother and sister. Edith Louisa Cavell ( 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and patriot. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I, for which she was arrested. She was subsequently court-martialled, found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Daily Sketch. London, 1915. Source: Daily Sketch, 23 October 1915.
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