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Glenny, Alfreda, 1884-1973,
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1884-1973
History
Born March 1884 in Putney; trained as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) member with the Red Cross in 1914; worked for seven months in an infirmary and Putney Hospital; accepted into the Montenegro Red Cross in Jan 1915 and worked in military hospital in Plevje (now Pljevlja), Montenegro from Mar 1915-Dec 1915; returned to England followed by period of nursing in France during World War One; returned to nurse in Montenegro in 1920; left for Shkodër (also known as Scutari), Albania in Aug 1920 because of political tensions, where she unsuccessfully attempted to set up a hospital; returned to England due to illness in Jan 1921; worked with refugee group after 1945; returned to Yugoslavia in 1964 and 1965; started corresponding with editor Ian James in Jan 1965; died in Surrey in late 1973
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0099 KCLMA
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Final
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Partial
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F252413)