Edith cavell interesting facts
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Remembering Edith Cavell: a brave First World War nurse
At 7 o’clock in the morning on 12 October 1915, a Red Cross nurse, Edith Cavell, was killed by a firing squad.
She was shot by 16 German soldiers. Her crime? Helping the Allied servicemen she was treating escape to safety.
Who was Edith Cavell?
Born in Norfolk in December 1865, Edith Cavell was the eldest of four children. Her father was vicar at Swardeston, a village near Norwich where she grew up. Educated in the UK, Cavell spent five years working as a governess in Belgium, before returning home in 1895 to care for her father when he became ill.
Nursing her father back to health is said to be what inspired Cavell to become a nurse. In 1896, she began her nursing training at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. Her tutor remarked that she was often late and was not a nurse who could be relied upon. However, Edith proved her wrong when she moved to Belgium and began to pioneer new nursing techniques.
Edith Cavell's inspiring war work
When the First World War broke out, Edith Cavell returned to Englan
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We’re travelling back through time to meet a one-of-a-kind British nurse who saved the lives of many soldiers during the First World War. She is remembered today for her bravery and compassion, as well as her tragic death, which caught the attention of thousands of people all around the world. Read all about the life of Edith Cavell…
Edith Cavell facts
Full name: Edith Louisa Cavell
Born: 4th December 1865
Hometown: Swardeston, Norfolk, England.
Occupation: Nurse
Died: 12 October 1915
Best known for: Her work as a nurse in the First World War — and for being sentenced to death for helping Allied soldiers escape German territory.
The early life of Edith Cavell
Edith Cavell was born in the village of Swardeston in Norfolk, England. Her parents were Louisa Sophia and Reverend Frederick Cavell — the vicar of a local church. She had three younger siblings: two sisters, called Lillian and Florence, and a brother, called John.
When she was a young girl, Edith and her sisters studied in the vicarage where they lived. She pr
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Edith Cavell
British nurse (1865–1915)
This article is about the WWI British nurse. For other uses, see Edith Cavell (disambiguation).
Edith Louisa Cavell (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 and return to active service through the spy ring known as La Dame Blanche. Cavell was arrested, convicted following court-martial under German military law of violating medical neutrality, and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy, General Traugott von Sauberzweig, the military governor of Brussels, refused to commute her sentence. The night before her execution, Cavell said, "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone". She was executed the next morning in the presence of Imperial German Army medic and war poetGottfried Benn. Cavell, who was 49 at the time of her death, was already notable as
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