Talk on Nurse Edith Cavell - 7 March at 2 pm

[River Tyne Lass]

At Whitley Bay library on 7 March at 2 pm a guest speaker will be giving a talk on the WW1 heroine Edith Cavell.  She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers in Brussels from all sides without distinction.

For this she was shot by a German firing squad on 12 October 1915. - Lest We Forget.

See attached poster for more details.

[BillyF]

I wish I lived there !!

I watched the film starring Anna Neagle; it was on the TalkingPictures channel, quite close to the anniversary of her death.

[River Tyne Lass]

I wish it was possible for you to come too - BillyF.  It sounds like you either live too far away or have other commitments.  I have posted as I think some RootsChatters in this area might find this event of interest. 
 
Edit: I see you do live too far away.

What a heroine this woman was!  I have read that she her response was one of forgiveness towards those responsible for her firing squad death.  I have also read that she turned down wearing her uniform when going into the court for her trial.  Someone had suggested this as they thought she might be treated with more clemency if the Germans saw her in uniform. 

I think you can see the radiance and stoicism in her face as a true Christian - someone able to cast all out hate and show forgiveness instead.  Quite remarkable in the way she accepted her fate.

[BillyF]

I think I can remember ( difficult, it`s a long time ago ) an English teacher talking about her when we were " doing " WW1 poems.

Were the Germans " making an example of her " ?  One of her helpers Princess Marie was given 10 years hard labour and later was in the Resistance in WW2, she died aged 92.