Cavell, << KAV uhl, >> Edith Louisa (1865-1915), was an English nurse and one of the martyrs of World War I (1914-1918). Cavell was in charge of a hospital in Brussels, Belgium, when German troops occupied the city in 1915. For several months she helped Allied soldiers, about 200 in all, to escape to the Dutch border. Arrested by the Germans, she was sentenced to death. Cavell’s last words before a German firing squad shot her on Oct. 12, 1915, were: “Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” Her body later was taken back to England, and a statue was erected to her memory in London. Cavell was born on Dec. 4, 1865, in Norfolk. Mount Edith Cavell in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, is named for her.
