How old was Flora Sandes when she was born?
Flora Sandes was born on 22 January 1876 in Nether Poppleton, Yorkshire, the youngest daughter of an Irish family. Her father was Samuel Dickson Sandes (1822–1914), the former rector of Whitchurch, County Cork, and her mother was Sophia Julia (née Besnard).
Who is Flora Sandes in England Green and England Grey?
The last track of the album England Green and England Grey by Reg Meuross is The Ballad of Flora Sandes. It is an interpretation of her life. Sandes, Flora (1916). An English Woman-Sergeant in the Serbian Army. London: Hodder & Stoughton. Sandes, Flora (1927).
Is there a street named after Flora Sandes?
In 1920, the sculptor Alice Meredith Williams made a painted plaster model of Flora Sandes in action for the Imperial War Museum, where it remains. In 2009 a street in Belgrade was named after her.
Where did Flora Sandes live in East Suffolk?
She died at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital on 24 November 1956: she was cremated at Ipswich Crematorium and her ashes scattered in the Garden of Remembrance. In St Andrew’s Church in Marlesford a memorial plaque on the south wall in the choir stalls is dedicated to her.
What was the cause of Flora Tristan’s death?
While on a speaking tour to promote this book, Tristan died at Bordeaux of suspected typhoid fever on 14 November 1844. A monument to Tristan, funded by French workers, was erected at Bordeaux in October 1848. It was inscribed: “In memory of Madame Flora Tristan, author of the Workers’ Union, with the workers’ gratitude.
Where did the last name Sandstrom come from?
The Sandstrom name was first taken by the children of Erik Jakobsson Sandberg, who was born in 1802 in Tällträsk in Piteå parish and Brita Greta Olofsdotter, who was born in 1796 in Åträsk in Piteå. They had at least nine children, one of whom was Jonas Petter Sandstrom. The family lived in Rosfors bruk, where Erik worked as a roast burner.