Edith Cavell, the World War I British nurse who is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers in Brussels from all sides without distinction. She and Belgian and French colleagues helped over 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.She was arrested, tried with 33 others by a German military court, found guilty of ‘assisting men to the enemy’ and shot by a German firing squad on October 12 1915.
Murder of Edith Cavell, George Bellows, 1918, From the collection of: Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Murder of Edith Cavell, George Bellows, 1918, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
Cavell Edith, From the collection of: LIFE Photo Collection
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