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Also Known As Edith Louisa Cavell
Born December 4, 1865 • England
Died October 12, 1915 (aged 49) • Brussels • Belgium
Role In World War I

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Kenny, Elizabeth; Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Australian nurse
Jane A. Delano
Jane A. Delano
American nurse and educator
Albert I
Albert I
king of Belgium
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
Grey, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet
Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Baronet
British statesman
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
Beatty, Sir David
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
British admiral
J.F.C. Fuller
J.F.C. Fuller
British army officer
Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet
British field marshal
Trenchard, Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount, Baron Trenchard of Wolfeton
Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
British military officer
Lord Allenby, portrait by Eric Henri Kennington; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
British field marshal
Brooke, Rupert
Rupert Brooke
British writer
Byng of Vimy, Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount
Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy
British field marshal
Sir Charles Monro
British army officer
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
president of United States
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
prime minister of United Kingdom
Georges Clemenceau.
Georges Clemenceau
prime minister of France
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
emperor of Austria-Hungary
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general

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