History's HEROES? 1865 - 1915

Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell - Key facts

• 1865	December 4th - Edith Cavell is born.
• 1890	Edith becomes a governess to a family in Brussels, Belgium.
• 1896	Edith starts training as a nurse.
• 1907	Edith becomes the matron at a new school for nurses, set up near Brussels.
• 1914	Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated in Bosnia - this event starts World War 1.
	August 4th - Germany invades Belgium so Britain declares war on Germany.
	Edith's hospital is taken over by the Red Cross.
	Autumn - Edith hides two Allied soldiers in her school. She joins other people helping Allied soldiers to get out of Belgium.
• 1915	Edith helps more than 200 men to escape.
	August - Edith is arrested by the Germans who say she is guilty of treason.
	October 12th - Edith is shot for treason. The world is shocked.
• 1917	USA declares war on Germany.
• 1918	World War 1 ends.
• 1919	Edith's body is brought back to England to be buried near her home in Norwich.

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