Edith Cavell
/ˌiːdɪθ ˈkævl/
/ˌiːdɪθ ˈkævl/
- (1865-1915) an English nurse who became a national heroine in the First World War. From the Red Cross hospital where she worked in Belgium she helped many Allied soldiers to escape to Holland, before she was caught and shot by the Germans.
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Edith Cavell