When Samuel D. Riddle announced in the latter part of 1920 that his superb champion Man o’ War would not race as a 4-year-old, disappointment reigned far and wide among the magnificent colt’s legions ...

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 ...

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Commemorations are taking place in Britain and Belgium for Edith Cavell, a nurse shot by German soldiers on this day 100 years ago. Born in Swardeston near Norwich, in 1865, Ms Cavell trained as a ...

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 ...

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 Revered in Britain for her courage, First World War ...

An English war heroine executed by the Germans has been remembered in Salford on the 100th anniversary of her death. Nurse Edith Cavell was shot at dawn a century ago for helping British soldiers ...

On 12 October 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by firing squad by the German army for helping Allied soldiers escape home from occupied Belgium. Her death sparked outrage in Britain and ...

The first part of the funeral service for nurse Edith Cavell was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th May 1919. She had been shot at dawn by the Germans on 12th October 1915 for aiding the escape of ...

The life of nurse Edith Cavell, the great heroine of the First World War, has been celebrated at two major events attended by the Princess Royal. Cavell worked in German-occupied Belgium, where she ...

Libraries are being asked to check their shelves and archives in the hope of unearthing a 1920s musical score recounting the story of a war heroine. The piece is the missing third act of an opera that ...

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 ...