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Cav·ell (k

l, k

-v

), Edith Louisa 1865-1915.

British nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation (1915) to help smuggle Allied troops to the Dutch border. She was caught by the Germans and executed.

Cavell [ˈkæv^əl]

(Biographies / Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865-1915) M, English, MEDICINE: nurse) Edith Louisa. 1865-1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I for helping Allied prisoners to escape

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Cavell - English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)

Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell

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