Nursing Standard has previously covered a campaign for First World War nurse heroine Edith Cavell to be commemorated on a £2 coin. Edith Cavell was executed in 1915 for helping 200 allied soldiers escape while working in German-occupied Belgium. More than 100,000 have signed a petition calling for her to be featured in a series of coins to mark the centenary of the Great War. Heres a Channel 5 report on the campaign: https://youtube/watch?v=NC0DNoAGWXI
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 15:44:01 +0000