弗洛拉-桑德斯

 弗洛拉-桑德斯

Paul King

弗洛拉-桑德斯是第一次世界大战中唯一正式在前线作战的英国妇女。

弗洛拉是一位乡村牧师的小女儿,1876年1月22日出生在北约克郡,在萨福克农村长大。

弗洛拉典型的中产阶级成长环境并没有影响她的假小子精神。 她骑马、射击、喝酒和抽烟!对她来说,这不是一个牧师的女儿的优雅追求--这个肾上腺素迷渴望刺激和冒险。

她一有机会就离开了萨福克郡的乡村,前往灯火通明的伦敦。 在接受速记员培训后,她又离开了英国,到国外过起了冒险生活。

她在开罗找了一段时间的工作,然后她不安分的天性把她带到了北美。 她在加拿大和美国一路工作,据说她在那里开枪自卫。

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回到英国后,这个假小子弗洛拉没有追求爱德华时代中产阶级妇女的优雅爱好,而是学会了开车,拥有一辆法国赛车,并加入了一个射击俱乐部!她还在急救护理女兵队接受了护士培训。

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1914年战争爆发时,现年38岁的弗洛拉与她的父亲和15岁的侄子住在伦敦。

弗洛拉不想错过她认为的另一次新的冒险,她报名参加了圣约翰救护车服务的志愿者,并与她的部队一起离开英国前往塞尔维亚。 在护理受伤士兵近一年后,弗洛拉能说流利的塞尔维亚语,并转到塞尔维亚红十字会,与前线的一个塞尔维亚步兵团一起工作。

战斗非常激烈,德奥军队不断推进,塞尔维亚人被迫后退。 弗洛拉很快参与了战斗,并在战场上被征召加入塞尔维亚军队。 塞尔维亚军队是少数几个允许妇女加入战斗的军队之一。

她迅速晋升为军士长。 1916年,她发表了 "我是谁? 塞尔维亚军队中的英国女军士》。 弗洛拉在马其顿与她的部下并肩作战时被手榴弹严重炸伤,她被她的一个中尉在炮火中拖回了安全地带。 她的身体遭受了广泛的弹片伤,她的右臂被炸断。 弗洛拉在炮火中的英勇行为得到了认可,她被授予乔治国王勋章。塞尔维亚政府的明星。

尽管她受伤了,但一旦恢复,这个不屈不挠的 她不仅在战争中幸存下来,而且在战后杀死许多人的西班牙流感中幸存下来。 她热爱她在军队中的岁月,决心成为 "男孩中的一员"。

1922年复员后,弗洛拉发现无法适应英国的日常生活。 她回到塞尔维亚,并于1927年与一名小她12岁的白俄军官结婚。 他们一起搬到了新的南斯拉夫王国。

1941年4月,南斯拉夫被纳粹德国入侵。 尽管她的年龄(65岁)和健康状况不佳,弗洛拉再次应征参战。 11天后,德国人击败了南斯拉夫军队并占领了该国。 弗洛拉被盖世太保短暂监禁。

战后,弗洛拉发现自己身无分文,孤身一人,她的丈夫于1941年去世。 但这并没有阻止她的旅行:在接下来的几年里,她与她的侄子迪克去了耶路撒冷,然后又去了罗得西亚(今津巴布韦)。

她最终回到了萨福克,在短暂的疾病之后,她于1956年11月24日去世,享年80岁。 她在去世前不久更新了她的护照,准备进行更多的冒险!

Paul King

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