Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5151408

Reference: WO372/23

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/5157089

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8856252

Name: Adam Fouldes in the Guardian 14/3/2014

Title: British Jews in the first world war: spirit of the Maccabees

Description: From first paragraph " In 1916, Florence Oppenheimer was working as a nurse in a military hospital in Cairo and feeling lonely. She had previously suffered the "little hell" of a hot, windowless room in a hospital ship in which to treat nearly 2,000 injured men of Gallipoli with "no clean shirts, no bed coverings … no bowls, no soap or flannels".

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URL: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/mar/14/king-country-jewish-museum-first-world-war-adam-foulds
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Additional: Florence Oppenheimer and her First World War experience is described in the Guardian 14/3/2014

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ID: 8856255

Name: Sarah Fairhurst (January 6th 2014)

Title: The Diary of Florence Oppenheimer

Description: Second paragraph from the article " The Diary of Florence Oppenheimer (later Florence Greenberg) is a rare object as not only did Florence keep notes on her work as a nurse on hospital ships during the First World War, it also contains many photographs from the time. Although these photographs are quite faded in places, they give us a rare glimpse of what it was like to be nurse and a patient on a hospital ship during the Great War."

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URL: https://sarahfairhurstjmm.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/the-diary-of-florence-oppenheimer/
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Additional: Sarah Fairhurst 's article is on the webpage of the Jewish Military Museum and the Jewish Museum London. It discusses the diary of Florence Oppenheimer.

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ID: 8856259

Name: Polly Russell in the Financial Times of August 15th 2014

Title: The history cook: Jewish Cookery by Florence Greenberg

Description: Jewish Cookery, by Florence Greenberg, 1977 edition, published by Penguin. First published in 1947 by The Jewish Chronicle The second paragraph makes clear that Florence Greenberg is the married name of Florence Oppenheimer.

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URL: https://www.ft.com/content/5f62c088-233c-11e4-a424-00144feabdc0
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Additional: Very interesting article about the life of Florence Oppenheimer.

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ID: 8856263

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

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UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/00625/0045/4

Additional: Matches the name of Florence Oppenheimer born in 1883.

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 8856265

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1920/2/AZ/001128/035

Additional: Marriage record matching names of Florence Oppenheimer and Leopold Greenberg

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8856272

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1882/2/AZ/000430/029

Additional: Birth Record for Florence Oppenheimer born in Islington London in 1882

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8856280

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/D/1980/4/AZ/000440/012

Additional: Death Record for Florence Greenberg - the married name of Florence Oppenheimer - also matching year of birth in 1882

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ID: 8856329

Name: Doreen Berger in the Jewish Chronicle August 7, 2014

Title: The Jewish Florence Nightingale, the WW1 Nurse Florence Oppenheimer

Description: Second paragraph from the article " For Florence had, indeed, two vastly differing careers. Unknown to most people, she had once been known as Nurse Oppenheimer, receiving a citation from none other than Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War during the First World War."

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URL: https://www.thejc.com/the-jewish-florence-nightingale-the-ww1-nurse-florence-oppenheimer-1.56068
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Additional: Matches the details in the Life Story

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ID: 8856373

Title: Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service

Description: Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service : a sister interested in a case

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ID: 8856384

Name: Hannah Furness in The Telegraph (26/1/2014)

Title: Unseen First World War photographs show troops at play

Description: " A previously unseen series of photographs, taken by a young nurse aboard the medical ships at Gallipoli, have given a unique insight into the day-to-day life of the military."

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URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10596251/Unseen-First-World-War-photographs-show-troops-at-play.html
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Additional: " The pictures were found in the diary of 29-year-old Londoner, Florence Oppenheimer, who served on the steamer Northland, HS Alaunia and HS Galeka, visiting Alexandria, Cairo and Malta in 1915 – 17."

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ID: 8856394

Title: Florence Oppenheimer in Uniform

Description: The only known picture of Florence in her nurse's uniform

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Additional: From the Jewish Chronicle Aug. 7th 2014

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ID: 8859615

Name: Jewish Military Museum

Title: Florence Oppenheimer

Description: A very helpful biography with a video and other interesting features.

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URL: http://www.letters.thejmm.org.uk.gridhosted.co.uk/biography_florence
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Additional: A very helpful biography of Florence Oppenheimer with a video and other interesting features.

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ID: 9212968

Reference: gbm_jewry_bookofhonour

Title: British Jewry Book of Honour, 1914-1920 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/JEWRYBOH/1914-18/56633

Credit: © Caxton Publishing Company

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ID: 9212970

Reference: gbm_jewry_bookofhonour

Title: British Jewry Book of Honour, 1914-1920 Transcription

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UPP: GBM/JEWRYBOH/1914-18/52376

Credit: © Caxton Publishing Company

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ID: 9556214

Name: We were there too.

Title: Florence Greenberg

Description: Life Story with photograph matching married name.

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URL: https://www.jewsfww.uk/florence-greenberg-115.php
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Additional: As above.

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ID: 9556239

Title: Florence Greenberg

Description: Profile Photograph in uniform courtesy of We were there too.

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