Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies
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A Hero of my childhood: Edith Cavell was a British pioneer of modern nursing during the First World War. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination & in helping some 200 Triple Entente soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. She was 49 years of age when arrested & accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial & sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. In the Anglican Church Calendar of Saints her Feast Day is October 12.
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