War Heroes: Edith Cavell Part 3

By SUSAN BROCKER, Illustrator W.H. Anderson

One day, a man came to the hospital asking Nurse Cavell for help to escape. She hid him and cared for him. After he left, some of her friends in the Resistance were arrested. The man had been a spy. Edith Cavell knew it wouldn't be long before she was arrested, too. But she wouldn't give up her work. She continued helping soldiers, waiting for the dreaded knock on the door.

On August 5, 1915, the German secret police arrested Edith Cavell. She was sentenced to death by a military court and shot at dawn on october 12, 1915. Soon after her death, a statue was erected in Saint Martin's Place, London, in honour of her bravery. On the statue are her last words: "Patriotism is not enough," she said. "I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone."

Publisher: Shortland Publications, $8.95
Age: 10-12 years