Flora Sandes | |
|---|---|
 Sandes in Serbian Army uniform, c. 1918 | |
| Born | 22 January 1876 Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 24 November 1956 (aged 80) Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Serbia |
| Service | Serbian Army |
| Years of service | 1914–1922 |
| Rank | Senior Captain[1] |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
| Awards | Order of the Star of Karađorđe |
Flora Sandes (Serbian Cyrillic: Флора Сендс, 22 January 1876 – 24 November 1956) was a British woman who served as a member of the Royal Serbian Army in World War I. She was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in that war.[2] Initially a St John Ambulance volunteer, she travelled to the Kingdom of Serbia, where she was welcomed and formally enrolled in the Serbian army. She was subsequently promoted to the rank of sergeant major, and, after the war, to senior captain.[3] She was decorated with seven medals.[4]
- ^ Military ID with rank of Senior Captain, or in serbian captain first class
- ^ Allan Little (28 September 2018). "A forgotten soldier on a forgotten front". BBC.
- ^ Anon. (1 December 1956). "Obituary: Miss Flora Sandes: Combatant in Serbian Army". The Times. London. p. 8. (subscription required)
- ^ Medals of Flora Sandes Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine