Timeline Tuesday 12 October 1915

Events on Tuesday 12 October 1915 2

• 1865 – 1915 Edith Cavell (1865-1915) Died 12 October 1915, aged 49 British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by German firing squad in Brussels for helping Allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium. Her death provoked international outrage and became a powerful piece of Allied wartime propaganda.
• 1915 Edith Cavell is executed Brussels, Belgium The British nurse was shot by a German firing squad for helping around 200 Allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium. Her last words were that patriotism was not enough.