Nether Poppleton
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Nether Poppleton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It is by the west bank of the River Ouse and is adjacent to Upper Poppleton wes
St. Everilda's Church, Nether Poppleton
Flora Sandes
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Flora Sandes was a British woman who served as a member of the Royal Serbian Army in World War I. She was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in that war. Initially a St John Ambul
Nether Poppleton
…York, Knaresborough and Harrogate Railway routed its line through Poppleton and built a station. On 22 January 1876, the village was the birthplace of Flora Sandes, the only woman to be officially enlisted during the First World War. The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It…
Sandes in Serbian Army uniform, c. 1918
Sandes on a 2015 stamp of Serbia