It is fitting that there should be some personal memorial to this heroic life. One such, by the thoughtful initiative of Queen Alexandra, is to be provided in the shape of an Edith Cavell Nursing Home at the London Hospital where Miss Cavell was trained. The Nursing Mirror, for which she wrote her last article, urges the institution of a Cavell Cross for Heroism, a decoration for women only.
An Empire Day of Homage has been proposed. A great national memorial service has been held in St. Paul’s Cathedral.
But the best memorial to Edith Cavell will be the determination of her fellow-citizens to put aside self in willing service to their country.
APPENDIX.
SIR EDWARD GREY’S SCATHING COMMENT.
Sir Edward Grey to the American Ambassador in London.
Foreign Office, October 20th, 1915.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the United States Ambassador, and has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of His Excellency’s note of the 18th instant enclosing a copy of a despatch from the United States Minister at Brussels respecting the execution of Miss Edith Cavell at that place.
Sir E. Grey is confident that the news of the execution of this noble Englishwoman will be received with horror and disgust not only in the Allied States, but throughout the civilised world.