Sister of the Territorial Nursing Force died in theatre of war 12th March 1917 aged 27, Her brother Charles also fell in 1916. They are both commemorated on the same family memorial at Spital Cemetery, Derbyshire No resting place has been given
last words of Edith Cavell, 1865-1915)
"I expected my sentence and believe it was just. Standing, as I do, in the view of God and eternity I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness to anyone."
Edith Cavell was the Senior Matron of a British...
One gray, dismally wet night in November 1914, two British soldiers in disguise were guided through the silent side streets of German-occupied Brussels by a patriotic Belgian civilian. Herman Capiau was an engineer by trade, but since the outbreak of World War I he had played a key role in an...
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