François, Paul, 29–30, 35–6
François, Mme. Paul, 30, 35
Francqui, Émile, 313
Frankfurter Zeitung, 348
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, 28, 123, 127
Franz Joséf, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, 123–5
French, General Sir John (later 1st Earl), 140, 156–7, 173–4
Froggett, Dr. (medical superintendent, Shoreditch Infirmary), 88
Fry, Elizabeth, 43
Gahan, Revd. Horace Stirling Townsend: as chaplain in Brussels, 155
at Christmas 1914, 196
denied access to EC in prison, 304
administers final Communion to EC, 307, 310, 321–3
meets Pastor Le Seur, 309
EC asks to reassure mother, 327
notifies EC’s family of execution, 333
conducts service for EC’s reinterment, 360
Gahan, Muriel, 309–10, 317 gas (poison): used in war, 207–8
Gathorne Hardy Act (Metropolitan Poor Act, 1867), 79–80
Gentlewoman (journal), 357
George V, King, 126
Germany: EC visits with family, 26–8
and outbreak of Great War, 127–9, 131
declines to respect Belgian neutrality, 129
invades and occupies Belgium, 130, 135, 138–44, 198–9
war strategy, 140
rule in Belgium, 145–6, 181, 200
early wartime advance, 173
U-boat warfare, 220–1
army desertions, 228
reaction to shooting of EC, 348–52
defeat (1918) and retributions, 358–59
Gibson, Hugh, 146, 304–5, 312–16, 333
Gibson, Margaret, 20–2, 24, 29, 49, 249, 345n
Gilles, Louis, 262
Gilles, Victor, 206, 225, 262
Girton College, Cambridge, 43
Godart, Dr. (of Brussels), 108
Godart, Marie, 171
Godefroid, M., 234
Going, Robert, 84
Goltz Pasha, Field-Marshal Colmar, Baron von der, 146–7
Gombergen, Pastor van, 255
Gough, Lilian, 74–8 governesses, 18, 23–4
Gow, Ruth, 71
Graham, Helen, 103–4, 106
Grandprez, Elize, 353
Graux, Mme. (of Brussels), 90, 336
Great War (1914): outbreak, 125–31
numbers under arms, 130
conduct and progress, 156–7, 162–3, 173–4, 200, 337
casualties, 163, 185–91, 337
conditions on Western Front, 185–91
horses killed, 189
Christmas 1914, 192–200
America enters, 354
ends, 354, 358
Grenfell, Julian, 187, 189
Grenfell, William, 189
Gray, Sir Edward (later Viscount), 126, 128, 130–1, 272, 335, 340
Gurney family, 3, 17, 43
Gurney, Agatha, 28
Gurney, Cicely, 28
Gurney, Margaret, 28
Hacks, Nurse, 237
Haggard, Sir Henry Rider, 342
Hall, Miss (Matron, Manchester and Salford Institute), 89
Halstead, William, 48
Hamilton, Elizabeth Kelso, 74
Harman, Gwendoline, 72
Harnack, Dr., 69–5
Harrach, Count, 313, 316
Harrison, Mrs. (of West Runton), 117
Hartmann, Cardinal Felix von, Archbishop of Cologne, 336
Haslemere, 82
Hassel, Dr. Valentin van, 160
Héger, Professor Paul, 107, 265–6, 268–9
Henley, Oxfordshire, 88
Herbert, Elizabeth, 71
Heuze, Armand, 203, 283
Hibbard, Giles, 177
Hill, Octavia, 43
Hitler, Adolf, 28, 196, 359
Hogg, Annie, 57
Holland: wartime refugees escape to, 163, 169, 202–3, 210
electrified fence installed, 214
Prince de Croÿ
reaches, 259–60
Holland, Sir Sydney George see Knutsford, Viscount Holmes, Lance-Corporal, 214
Hoover, Herbert, 352
Hora, James, 69
Horn, Nurse, 266
Hostelet, Georges: on behavior of English soldiers at Brussels Nursing School, 216
under suspicion, 233
EC names in deposition, 261–2
writes on trial, 263
taken to trial, 281
in prison, 290
Stoeber’s charges against, 293
Dorff defends, 295
on Baucq’s reaction to death sentence, 305
Howele, Brigadier-General Philip, 190
Hozier, Nellie, 206
Hulse, Captain Edward Hamilton Westrow, 192, 195
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 10
Hylands House, near Chelmsford, 28–9
infirmaries, 79–80
Infirmière, L’ (Belgian nursing journal), 108
Inglis, Miss (Matron, Shoreditch Infirmary), 83–4, 88
International Congress of Nurses: London (1909), 107
Cologne (1912), 119
Jack (EC’s dog): EC acquires and keeps, 110–12, 118, 121, 152, 206, 217, 229, 238
EC misses, 254, 290
pines after EC’s death, 337, 370
later life and death at Bellignies château, 370
stuffed and displayed at Imperial War Museum, 370
Jacobs see Jeannes, Armand James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw, 24
Jeannes, Armand (“Jacobs”), 226, 238, 257
Jemmett, George Elwick, 113
Jemmett, Grace: as EC’s surrogate daughter, 112, 118
depressive illness, 113–14, 154, 178
arranges EC’s father’s funeral, 117
stays in Belgium in war, 124, 136, 141–2, 148, 154, 178, 184
celebrates Christmas 1914, 196
EC writes to after arrest, 239
EC worries over while in prison, 253, 266
owes money to nursing school, 265, 324
letter from EC after death sentence, 300
learns of EC’s death sentence, 312
EC gives watch to, 323
returns to England with Sister Wilkins, 337
Jewell, Sophia, 72
Joffre, General Joseph Jacques Césaire, 140, 173, 289
Joly, Auguste, 210, 212, 215, 262
Jordan, Ethel Mary, 74
José (Rumanian porter in Brussels), 112, 153, 196, 211, 216, 226, 253, 337
Josephine, Mlle. (nun), 259
Keeling, Sergeant-Major Frederic Hillersdon, 346–7
Kell, Colonel (Sir) Vernon, 343
Kellogg, Vernon Lyman, 352
Kemp family (of Swardeston), 14
Kempis, Thomas à: The Imitation of Christ, 17, 59, 63, 86, 113, 267–8, 321, 325, 353
Kensington Society, 6
Kettle, Captain Thomas, 190
King, Gertrude, 57
Kirchenheim, von (of Maubeuge military police), 257
Kirschen, Sadi: defends EC, 279, 282, 295–9, 302–4
Leval quarrels with, 353, 367–8
censured by Bar Council, 368–9
Kitchener, Field Marshal Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl, 162, 173, 185
Klebs, Edwin, 47
Kluck, General Alexander von, 165
Knutsford, Sir Sydney George, Viscount, 56, 69, 87
Koch, Robert, 47
Kraewel, General Richard von, 222, 232, 234, 278
Lambert, Baron Léon, 313 Lancet (journal), 5
Lancken-Wakenitz, Baron von der, 146, 273–7, 311–16, 333–4, 348–9, 351, 352
Lanrezac, General Charles, 156–7
La Panne: l’Océan hospital, 152, 191, 219
Larner, Caroline, 310, 317
Laurel Court School, Peterborough, 20–2, 29
Layard, Lieutenant Peter, 190
Le Boeuf, Dr. (of Brussels), 107
Leggat (gardener), 258
lesbianism:
among nurses, 75, 77–8
Le Seur, Pastor Paul, 306–7, 309, 322, 326, 327
Lespagnole, M. (accountant), Leval, Gaston de: as legal adviser to Whitlock, 146, 274
and defense of EC, 276, 279, 302
attempts to contact Kirschen, 303
denied access to EC in prison, 304
Sisters Wilkins and Smith visit, 308, 310
and failed appeals for EC, 311, 314, 316, 333
Lancken demands dismissal of, 349
Whitlock arranges permits to leave Belgium, 350
quarrels with Kirschen, 352–3, 366–8
reprimanded by Bar Council, 366–8
Lewis, Private, 160, 197, 210
Leyendecker, Father, 305, 326–7
Libiez, Albert: helps fugitive soldiers, 160–1, 204, 247, 262
forges permits and identity cards, 202
under suspicion, 233
named in EC’s disposition, 247, 249
in prison, 254–5
betrayed by Jeannes, 257
brought to EC during interrogation, 262
trial with EC, 281, 284, 286, 288, 293–5
and Princess of Croÿ’s intervention for EC at trial, 298
sentenced, 300
Libre Belgique, La (newssheet), 175–6, 181–2, 202, 223–4, 231, 234–5, 289, 292, 297
Liège, 135, 137–40
Ligne, Prince Abert de, 260
Lint, Abbé van, 255
Lister, Joseph, 5, 42, 43
Little Wych, near Bridport: Cavell Home, 357
Livingstone, Winifred, 71
Lloyd George, David (later 1st Earl), 130
London: epidemics, 47–8
sewage system, 47
London Hospital, Whitechapel: Eva Lückes as matron, 52–8, 60, 62–4
organization and operation, 54–6, 69
EC trains at, 56, 60–3, 69
Light Treatment Ward, 70
Mellish Ward, 72–8
new block named for EC, 358
Longueville, Abbé de, 170, 202, 292
Louvain: destroyed in Great War, 139, 174, 198
Lowestoft, 15
Lückes, Eva: as matron of London Hospital, 52–8, 60, 62–4
reports on EC, 64, 70–1, 76, 246
sends nurses to help in 1897 typhus epidemic, 65
commends Eveline Dickinson, 69
assessments of individual nurses, 71–2, 74–5
on Ethel Beecher, 73
on E.K. Hamilton’s move to Boer War, 74
on problems in Mellish Ward, 75–7
EC leaves, 76–7
and EC’s mugging, 82
gives references for EC, 83, 85
and EC’s 1906 break, 85
and Eveline Dickinson’s notice, 86–7
EC praises training, 88
EC writes to on Manchester post, 89
letter from EC on Brussels nurse training school, 93–5
gives advice and help to EC in Brussels, 96, 98–101, 103, 106
and EC’s complaints over lack of discipline among younger nurses, 110
character, 116
sends copy of annual lecture to EC, 120
influence on EC, 122, 183
keeps records, 201
advocates better provision for nurses, 357 lupus, 69, 87
Lusitania (ship), 220, 355
Luttwitz, General Baron Arthur von, 174, 222
McCrae, Lieutenant Colonel John, 189
MacDonald, Ramsay, 130, 363, 364
McDonnell, Alaster, 87
McDonnell, Eveline (née Dickinson), 69, 82, 85–8, 105
Macfadyen, Marjorie, 57
Machiel, Madame, 226, 368
McLellan, Lizzie, 75–7
Magee, William Connor, Bishop of Peterborough (later Archbishop of York), 21
Maidstone, Kent: typhoid epidemic (1897), 65–8, 374
Maldeghem, M. van, 259–60
Manchester and Salford Sick Poor and Private Nursing Institute, 88
Mann, Miss (acting matron at St. Gilles, Brussels), 108
Marguaty, Edith, 266
Marie (EC’s German maid), 136, 154, 196, 217–18, 225, 253
Marin, Xavier, 251, 308, 323
Marne, Battle of the (1914), 173–4
Martyrdom of Edith Cavell, The (play), 364
Marx, Jenny (née von Westphalen), 26
Marx, Karl, 26
Mason, Captain William, 189
Matha, Charlotte, 170
Maude, Linda, 98
Mauton, Marie, 207, 248
Max, Adolphe, 147
Maxtee, J.: Popular Dog-Keeping, 32
Mayer, Otto, 224–7, 237–8, 243, 261–2
Meachin, Sergeant Fred, 160–2
Mead, Mrs. (Lilian’s housekeeper), 201
Mercier, Cardinal Désiré-Joseph, Archbishop of Malines, 197
Merrick, Joseph (“the Elephant Man”), 60
Metropolitan Asylums Board, 45–8
Meus, Father, 255
Meyer, Dr. de (of Brussels), 108
Meyer, Mlle. de, 337, 370
MI5: and EC’s death, 341–2
Moir, Miss (matron of St. Pancras Infirmary), 76
Mons, Battle of (1914), 156–7
Moore, Ruth, 102–3, 112, 150–1, 181, 183, 199
Moreton, John Maddison, 56n
Moriamé, Henriette, 166, 169–71, 224, 256, 261
Morris, Dora, 72
Motte, M., 225
Moule, Handley, Bishop of Durham, 345 & n, 357
Namur, 139–40
National Council of Women of Great Britain and Ireland, 363–4
Neagle, (Dame) Anna, 363
Neels, Maurice, 254–5, 257, 270, 368
Neuhaus, Sergeant, 243, 245, 248, 261, 289, 300
Neusy, Emile and Marie, 171
Nightingale, Florence, 18, 41–2, 53, 55, 79, 89, 122, 129, 357;
Notes on Nursing, 4, 41
Norfolk and Norwich Magdalen, Life’s Green, 16
Norwich: railway, 15
Norwich Cathedral: EC buried in, 361
Nurse Edith Cavell (film), 363
nursing: as profession, 36, 41, 55, 57–9, 105, 122
EC trains for, 41, 45–6, 49–52, 57, 59–63
practice, 50–1, 55
uniforms and dress, 57, 101–2
in Belgium, 99
probationer training and routine, 102–3
EC writes on duty of, 108–9
Nursing Mirror (journal), 82, 104, 108, 114, 135, 145
Oppenheimer, General, 202
Owen, Richard, 11
Page, Walter Hines, 272, 332–3
Pansaers, Maurice, 283, 303
Paris: threatened by Germans (1914), 173–4
Parr, Corporal, 187
Pattison, Sister Dorothy, 102n
Paul, Lieutenant (judge), 282
Pech, Gabriel, 361
Pechere, Dr. (of Brussels), 108
Pegram, Henry, 361
Pelham, John, Bishop of Norwich, 22
Petit, Gabrielle, 353
Petits Mots du Soldat, Les (newsletter), 167, 175, 202, 223–4, 234–6, 292
Piaf, Édith, 363
Pierart, Dr., 106
Piersoul, Father, SJ, 202, 236, 255, 288, 294
Pigott, Mrs. (companion in Germany), 26–7
Pinkhoff, Sergeant Henri: assists Bergan, 222
background, 222
and arrest of Baucq and Thulize, 234–5
searches EC’s office, 237
interrogates EC, 243–6, 249, 252, 261–3, 278, 289
interrogates other prisoners, 254–5, 257
and Neels, 255, 257
and Thuliez’s denial of statements, 256
arrests Princess de Croÿ, 258, 287
and EC’s demeanor in prison, 268
brings case against EC, 270, 272, 278, 286, 291, 299
von der Lancken consults, 275
as witness at EC’s trial, 283
; awarded Iron Cross, 372
Poincaré, Raymond, 369
Pollock, Bertram, Bishop of Norwich, 344, 361
poverty: and charity in Norfolk, 16–17
Powell, Revd. Charles Mears, 22, 24
Powell, Constance, 24
Powell, John, 24
Powell, Kathleen, 24
Powell, Mabel, 24
Powell, Margaret (Mrs. C.M. Powell), 24–5
Preston, Captain, 168–70
Princip, Gavrilo, 124 prison reform, 43–4
Pryor, Arthur, 28
Pryor, Elizabeth, 28
Pryor, John, 28
Pryor, Katherine, 28
Putnik, General Radomir, 127
Quien, Georges Gaston: visits Belgian Nursing School, 225–6
works for Germans, 225–6, 238, 257
meets Pauline Randall, 237, 270
court martialled after war and jailed, 262, 368–69
and EC’s arrest, 270
Rameloo, Pauline, 354
Randall, Pauline: as EC’s goddaughter, 112
at Belgian Nursing School, 114
travels to England with EC, 124
returns to Belgium with EC in war, 129
stops growing, 228
under surveillance, 230
Quien meets and questions, 236–7, 270
and German visit to Nursing School, 237
EC’s concern for, 253
money in bank, 265, 269
leaves Nursing School and works as maid, 269
learns of EC’s death sentence, 312
cited in Quien court martial, 369
joins Salvation Army, 369
Raphael, Edward, 69
Rasquin, Philippe, 207, 233, 248
Raven House, near Market Drayton: Cavell Home, 358
Red Cross: in Belgium, 136–7
Rees, Elizabeth Margaretta, 71
Renouard, Paul, 43
Repton, Humphry, 29
Revely, Private, 230
Richard, Michel, 259
Richez family, 215
Roberts, Annette, 49, 52
Robertshaw, Ella, 57
Rothwell, Sergeant, 212
Rowena, HMS, 361
Rowland, Sir Horace, 278, 335
Roy, Raoul de, 221
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 28
Russia: and outbreak of Great War, 127–9, 131
Ryder, Rowland: Edith Cavell, 338n
St. Camille hospital, 107
St. Goar, Germany, 27
St. Pancras Infirmary, 76, 78–80
St. Thomas’s Hospital, London Nightingale Training School, 41–2
Samenliet, M. de, 202
Sarajevo, 123–5
Sauberzweig, Karl-Gustav (son), 372
Sauberzweig, General Traugott Martin von: posts notice on EC’s death, 34
replaces Kraewel in Brussels, 278
severity, 278, 302, 332
and Stoeber’s charges against EC and others, 302–3
orders speedy execution of EC, 306, 352
rejects Whitlock’s appeal, 314–16
and effects of EC’s death, 339
posted to Western Front, 348
Lancken traduces, 351