Cavell,
Edith Louisa 1865-1915; Eng. nurse executed by the Germans in WWI
See Cavell in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kăvˈəl, kə-vĕlˈ), 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.