Monument to Edith Cavell, St Martin's Place, Charing Cross, London, UK. Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse.

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Monument to Edith Cavell, St Martin's Place, Charing Cross, London, UK. Edith Louisa Cavell (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-martialed under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Size: 2063px × 4120px
Location: Westminster, London, UK
Photo credit: © Grazyna Bonati / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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