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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(6/8) Edith was arrested for these actions, court martialled under German Military law and sentenced to death. Although legal under international law, her execution sparked outrage in Britain and other nations.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(7/8) The day before her execution, Edith said "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." This quote is captured on her memorial statue in St Martin's Place London, adjacent to the first site for the headquarters of the British Red Cross.

A monument titled in St Martin's Place in London titled 'Humanity' with a statue of Edith Cavell. At the base of the monument is inscribed her date of death October 12 1915 and the quote 'Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone'.
Edith Cavell monument, St Martin's Place WC2 - geograph.org.uk - 1318141" by R Sones. CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(8/8) After the war Edith’s remains were exhumed and returned to Britain, sailing from Ostend aboard the destroyer HMS Rowena and landing at the Promenade Pier in Dover on the 14th May 1919.

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