Flora Sandes
Military Person
1876 – 1956
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Who was Flora Sandes?
Flora Sandes 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.
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- Born
- Jan 22, 1876
Nether Poppleton - Nationality
- England
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Lived in
- Suffolk
- Died
- Nov 24, 1956
Suffolk
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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