The Execution of Edith Cavell – 12 October 1915
Published on 11 October 2013 by The BNA
“Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone” – Edith Cavell
The English nurse, Edith Cavell, was executed by a German firing squad on 12 October 1915 – she was 49.
A German military court found her guilty of treason, after she had helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium, which had been occupied by the Germans.
Included below are three newspaper stories from October 1915 that report on the execution of Nurse Cavell.
Western Daily Press – Saturday 16 October 1915
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000264/19151016/081/0009
Derby Daily Telegraph – Monday 18 October 1915
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19151018/036/0004
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Published on Fri, 11 October 2013.