Pub history

The Flora Sandes

Flora Sandes came to Thornton Heath with her father, who was a Vicar of St Pauls in 1895. During World War I, she served as a nurse in Serbia and rose to the rank of Sergeant Major in the Serbian army. Although seriously wounded, she remained in active service until 1922, the only British woman to enlist as a soldier in World War I and bear arms in battle.