Physical description

Stapled booklet with grey cover and black print. Title, authors name, 'Norwich Cathedral' and price printed on front cover

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'Marjorie Connor [in pencil at top of front cover] Previous catalogue number [typed on white sticker] and a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, 'This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by ' Marjorie Connor [handwritten in ink and previous catalogue number is also handwritten in ink on this label] at bottom of front cover

Summary

Edith Cavell, birn 1865, trained at the London Hospital, in 1906 she asked to oversee a surgical and medical home in Brussles, Belgium. After the German occupation of Belgium, she became involved in an underground group formed to help British, French, and Belgian soldiers reach the Netherlands, a neutral country. The soldiers were sheltered at the Berkendael Institute, which had become a Red Cross hospital, and were provided with money and guides by Philippe Baucq, a Belgian. About 200 men had been aided when, in August 1915, Cavell and several others were arrested. The group was brought before a court-martial on October 7, 1915. On October 9, Cavell, after making a full confession, was sentenced to death. Three days later she and Baucq were shot, despite the efforts of the U.S. and Spanish ministers to secure a reprieve.
The group was brought before a court-martial on October 7, 1915. On October 9, Cavell, after making a full confession, was sentenced to death. Three days later she and Baucq were shot, despite the efforts of the U.S. and Spanish ministers to secure a reprieve. Though legally justified, her execution on a charge that did not include