Florence Simpson

Season: 6 Episode: 19

Florence Simpson didn’t just break new ground—she laid the foundation for the future of women in the British military. From voluntary cook to military commander, hers was a legacy of perseverance, service, and transformation at a time when the role of women in war was being rewritten.

CAST

Florence Simpson - Cerise Reed

Lady Rachel Dudley - Molly Jefferies

Lieutenant General Henry Merrick Lawson - Steve Sheperd

Charlotte Allen Trowell - Sam Roberts

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

International Institute of Marine Surveying

Letter from Adjutant General Neville Macready to Quatermaster General John Cowans, 20 December 1916

The National Archives, WO 32/5251

National Army Museum

Tuesday Express - Tuesday 23 February 1926

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