Flora Sandes Military person

Flora Sandes (22 January 1876 – 24 November 1956) was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in World War I. Initially a St. John Ambulance volunteer, she travelled to Serbia, where, in the confusion of war, she was formally enrolled in the Serbian army. She was subsequently promoted to the rank of Sergeant major, and, after the war, to Captain.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Yudenitch Flora Sandes
Birth dateJanuary 22, 1876
Birth place
England , Yorkshire , Nether Poppleton
Date of deathNovember 24, 1956
Place of death
England , Suffolk

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Military person

allegianceKingdom of Serbia
award
Order of the Star of Karađorđe
military operations
World War I
Monastir Offensive
military branch
Serbian Army
service start1914
service end1922

Flora Sandes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TngjHgAACAAJ&d
  2. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/131/532/158492547w16/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS136402817&dyn=4!nxt_1_0_CS136402817?sw_aep=ucl_ttda