Edith Cavell and the most famous story of World War I

The special story about Edith Cavell will make you really admire your hat like a heroine. Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865 in eastern England, died on October 12, 1915.

She is the eldest of four children. Edith Cavell's parents are pastor Frederick Cavell and Mrs. Louisa Sophia Cavell.

In 1907, Edith Cavell was appointed nurse of Berkendael Hospital in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.

When the First World War broke out, German forces poured into Belgium. In a fierce battle situation, Berkendael Hospital was used by the International Red Cross as a cure for wounded soldiers.

Today (December 4, 2018), Google Doodle displayed the image of Edith Cavell to commemorate 153 years of her birth.This image is displayed in the UK, Iceland, Peru, Australia, Argentina and some other countries in the world.

The wounded were brought here whether the British, French or German were treated by doctors and nurses with great humanitarian spirit.

Treaty soldiers, including Britain, France, and Russia, after being treated for wounds, were often helped out by people of the hospital to avoid falling into German hands. Edith Cavell is the most active person in that dangerous activity.

Not only did the injured people escape, she also helped the soldiers who were being hunted down in the hospital, then the organization took them to safety.

Her actions made her a criminal in the eyes of the Germans. Edith Cavell was arrested on August 3, 1915 and accused of harboring treaty troops.

During her solitary confinement, she admitted to helping 60 British soldiers, 15 French soldiers and about 100 French and Belgian cross-border guards at her home.

In a court trial by a German court to judge her and 34 others with the same crime, she signed a guilty plea.

Edith Cavell (December 4, 1865 - October 12, 1915).

Edith Cavell does not appeal. She waited calmly for death. The night before her execution, she told Bishop Stirling Gahan: 'Patriotism is not enough. I have no bitter hatred with anyone. I want my friends to know that I am willing to die for my country. I have nothing to fear or to avoid. '

Two o'clock on the morning of October 12, 1915, less than 10 hours after the death sentence was declared, at a military site called Tir National, Edith Cavell was shot.

She became a symbolic figure propaganda for the British army.

A memorial of her was built outside Norwich church. The marble statue features Edith Cavell in a nurse uniform made of large granite columns. Her remains were brought back to England after the war.