Edith Cavell reburied in Norwich.

The First World War heroine was executed by firing squad in 1915 for helping Allied servicemen in German-occupied neutral Belgium to escape. As a hospital matron she had not hesitated to help German soldiers as well, on the principle that where a life could be saved it ought to be saved. 'Patriotism,' as she famously said, is not enough.' From a German point of view her execution proved catastrophic in terms of propaganda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]