Florence Farmborough

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Florence Farmborough was an authoress, a photographer, and a nurse.

[edit] Early Biography

She originally went to live in Russia in 1908, and worked as a governess for a family in Kiev. She then moved to Moscow where she worked for a heart surgeon. She worked as a reporter for the Times, and for BBC Radio, and worked as a Red Cross nurse on the Russian Front during the Great War. During her time as a nurse she took a large plate camera with her and would develop and print her plates while encamped with the forces.

[edit] Later Biography

She returned to England in 1918, kept a diary, and wrote a number of articles for The Times. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and took part in the Spanish Civil War, later returning to England for the Battle of Britain. in 1974, she was the subject of a programme English Nurse With The Tsar's Army in the BBC Television documentary series Yesterday's Witness