Sandes, Flora
The story of Flora Sandes should be better known: originally a British nurse, she enlisted in the Serbian army during World War One and, during an eventful career, rose to the rank of Major.
Extracts from Flora Sandes Writing
This site provides a small biography of Sandes and extracts from her book, 'An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army' (published 1916), a diarised account of her experiences which she used to raise funds for the Serb forces.
This site provides a small biography of Sandes and extracts from her book, 'An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army' (published 1916), a diarised account of her experiences which she used to raise funds for the Serb forces.
Flora Sandes: Who's Who
A succinct and nicely written biography of Flora Sandes from the Who's Who section of First World War.com
A succinct and nicely written biography of Flora Sandes from the Who's Who section of First World War.com
Flora Sandes as Combatant
Although this article by Professor Joanna Bourke - entitled 'Women and the military during World War One' - deals with the overall role (and rarity) of women combatants, a substantial portion is devoted to Sandes.
Although this article by Professor Joanna Bourke - entitled 'Women and the military during World War One' - deals with the overall role (and rarity) of women combatants, a substantial portion is devoted to Sandes.
Flora Sandes in WW2
This excerpt from Ruth Mitchell's The Serbs Chose War contains a paragraph about Flora, describing her and explaining how, despite being over sixty, she'd returned from Britain to help the Serb army in the Second World War.
This excerpt from Ruth Mitchell's The Serbs Chose War contains a paragraph about Flora, describing her and explaining how, despite being over sixty, she'd returned from Britain to help the Serb army in the Second World War.
Extracts from Flora Sandes Writing: More
As with the preceding site, this page contains a mini who’s who of Flora Sandes and several short extracts from 'An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army'; you can also read the thoughts of nurse Ishobel Ross upon meeting Sandes.
As with the preceding site, this page contains a mini who’s who of Flora Sandes and several short extracts from 'An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army'; you can also read the thoughts of nurse Ishobel Ross upon meeting Sandes.