Flora Sandes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Flora Sandes

World War I soldier and nurse

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1876

Place of Birth: Nether Poppleton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1956

Profession: military personnel, nurse

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Flora Sandes (22 January 1876 – 24 November 1956) was a British woman who served as an officer of the Royal Serbian Army in World War I.
She was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in WWI.
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 Captain.
She was decorated with seven medals.