A hundred years ago the Norfolk Nurse Edith Cavell was executed by firing squad for helping soldiers to escape occupied Germany. A blanket of hand-crafted poppies created by Peterborough artist ...

A new coin celebrating brave and devoted nurse Edith Cavell has been struck by the Royal Mint as part of its five-year commemoration of the First World War. The coin, which is available to order from ...

In 1932, Madame Tussaud’s asked their younger visitors to choose from among the waxworks the individual they most wanted to be like when they grew up. The most popular answer was not the kind of ...

Early news reports, which inspired a number of propaganda postcards, incorrectly said Edith Cavell had fainted after refusing to wear a blindfold at her execution Edith Cavell died as a pioneering ...

Women in Black against War, holding their weekly vigil around the statue of Edith Cavell in LondonToday, 4 August 2014, the media will be consumed by commemorations of the entry of Britain into the ...

When Emma Cavell chose to call her baby Edith she wasn’t just following the current trend for- old-fashioned names. It was her tribute to a famous relative, a heroine of World War One she believes was ...

Sign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. Google is celebrating the birthday of a nurse who helped save the lives of hundreds of ...

The stoicism that made Edith Cavell a symbol of courage makes her an elusive biographical subject for Diana Souhami, says Jane Shilling In St Martin’s Place, London, stands a marble statue of Edith ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A new £5 pound coin to commemorate the work of British ...

Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for World War I nurse Edith Cavell to be commemorated on a new £2 coin. Cavell helped more than 200 allied soldiers escape from occupied ...