Farmborough, Florence ___ 1887-1978 ___ British ___ nurse

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Florence Farmborough was born in Buckinghamshire, the fourth child of a family of six, and named after Florence Nightingale, a friend of the family. In 1908, she went to Kiev as a child's companion and teacher. And then, two years later, she moved to Moscow to take another position as English tutor to the two young daughters of a heart surgeon. During the First World War, she trained as a nurse at a hospital established by Princess Golitsin in Moscow. Later she went with a Flying Column of Russian troops to Poland, Romania and Austria. She was awarded two Russian medals for valour on the field of battle. Her diary of this period, often written on scraps of paper and not published until the 1970s, has become a source book for those studying the Great War, the realities of war, and women's roles in war. Later, Farmborough moved to Spain, to lecture in English, and was a supporter of General Franco during the Spanish Civil War.. After returning to the UK, she helped in the Women's Voluntary Service during the Battle of Britain, and, after the war, spend four years in Jamaica as a government censor. She made a return visit to Russia in 1962, and visited the Holy Land in 1966. In the mid-1970s, she was the subject of BBC documentary. She was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the British Red Cross.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1914-1918 ___ military social health

WEB TEXT LINKS
a couple of extracts
some quotes
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Imperial War Museum

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Nurse at the Russian Front
 

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