Edith Cavell
Americannoun
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Sally Collier, who has talked of her admiration for Edith Cavell, the nurse executed during the First World War, later stepped down as chief regulator and has made no comment since.
From BBC
They are Edith Cavell’s, the British nurse who smuggled two hundred Allied soldiers out of Belgium in The Last Lot, the 1914—1918 war, and who was caught and shot for treason.
From Literature
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Edith Cavell, a British nurse, assisted dozens of escapes and was killed by the German Army for treason on this day 101 years ago.
From New York Times
Edith Cavell, a British nurse, helped scores of Allied soldiers escape and was killed by the German Army for treason on this day 101 years ago.
From New York Times
A ceremony to mark the centenary of the death of nurse Edith Cavell has been held at her statue in St Martin's Place, central London.
From BBC
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