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, London ]] Edith Louisa Cavell ( December 4 , 1865 - October 12 , 1915 ) is a World War I heroine. Edith Cavell was born at (1886-1956), who gave an account of the event. The night before her execution she told the Anglican chaplain, Rev. Gahan, who had been allowed to see to give her Holy Communion , "I realise that patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." These words are inscribed on her statue in St. Martin's Place, near Trafalgar Square in London . Her final words to the German pastor, Le Saur were recorded as 'Ask Mr. Gahan to tell my loved ones later on that my soul, as I believe, is safe, and that I am glad to die for my country.' After the war Edith Cavell's body was exhumed and returned to the UK. A memorial service at Westminster Abbey led by King George V was followed by travel by special train to Thorpe Station, Norwich. She was reburied on Life's Green, at the east end of Norwich Cathedral . Every year a service is held before the grave. Memorials Many memorials were raised to her name. Not far from her grave in Norwich a monument was unveiled by Queen Alexandra in 1917 in front of a Nurses Home that also bore her name. Her name is listed along with 34 others shot by the Germans at the gaol where they were held and the range where they were shot. In 1916 , Mount Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies was named in her honour. An important hospital of Brussels bears her name, as does the road it is on. There is a hospital in Peterborough , schools in Vancouver, British Columbia and St. Catharines, Ontario , and the Edith Cavell Bridge in New Zealand. Edith became a popular French and Belgian girls' name after her execution. The French chanteuse Édith Piaf was the best known. References
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