Flora Sandes
BBC reporter Kate Adie champions Flora Sandes, Britain's first commissioned female officer in the First World War. From 2003.
Veteran war reporter, Kate Adie, has long been an admirer of Flora Sandes.
She became the first commissioned female officer of the modern British Army during World War One.
Humphrey Carpenter and military historian Julie Wheelwright join Kate at the Birmingham Book Festival to discuss the captain’s fascinating story.
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Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2003.
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