resting_place death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
mount herzl , jerusalem , israel 29 may 1948 jerusalem jewish whitechapel , london british esther cailingold 28 june 1925 esther cailingold
 esther cailingold schoolteacher and volunteer haganah soldier killed in action
esther cailingold

esther cailingold -lrb- 1925 -- 1948 -rrb- was a british-born schoolteacher of polish extraction , who fought with the jewish forces during the 1948 arab-israeli war and died of wounds received in the battle for the old city of jerusalem .
she is commemorated , in israel , by the esther cailingold memorial forest at kibbutz lavi in the lower galilee , by a scholarship fund at yeshivat hakotel in jerusalem , and on various war memorials including that of the israeli armored corps at latrun .
several libraries and other rooms in children 's homes in israel are named after her .
in england she is remembered through the esther cailingold society in north london , part of emunah uk .
