Edith Cavell died as a pioneering nurse exactly 100 years ago, executed by the German army on 12 October 1915 for helping British soldiers get home from Belgium. Her death became notorious across the ...
BBC History Magazine reveals executed WWI nurse's links with British intelligence service nurse Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed in Brussels by the Germans in the First World War for helping ...
Early news reports, which inspired a number of propaganda postcards, incorrectly said Edith Cavell had fainted after refusing to wear a blindfold at her execution Edith Cavell died as a pioneering ...