Florence Farmborough

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

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.

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"

Bibliography

* "Nurse at the Russian Front: A Diary 1914-18" First published by Constable (UK) in 1974