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Just click on Order of St. Sava's picture and you will enter the site.

My thinking, exactly.

A letter of General Bojovich, commanding officer of the First Serbian Army to Evelina Haverfield.

Evelina Haverfield received the Order of St. Sava, classes IV. and V. The Order of the White Eagle was posthumously bestowed.

Evelina Haverfield (1867-1920) was the daughter of the third Baron and Lady

Abinger. She grew up in a family which valued public and military service.

She married in 1887 Major Henry Haverfield, an officer in the Royal Artillery,

and following his death in 1895 she married a second time, in 1899, a fellow

officer and friend of her first husband, Major John Balguy.

An accomplished horsewoman, skilled in outdoor sports, and a prominent

activist in the women's suffrage movement before 1914, at the outbreak of

war Evelina rallied women to help meet the threat of a possible German

invasion of Britain.

She originally proposed forming a women's volunteer rifle corps for home defence so as to

support the Territorials defending the coast. This initial organization rapidly grew into a much

broader support for the war effort, in the Women's Emergency Corps, the Women's Volunteer

Reserve, and the Women's Reserve Ambulance (Green Cross) Corps.

In early 1915, with the threat of a German invasion greatly diminished, Evelina joined the

Scottish Women's Hospitals and devoted the next two years to overseas service with them.

She served in Serbia as a hospital administrator and was part of a small group taken prisoner when

the armies of the Central Powers overran Serbia in October and November 1915.

Under appalling conditions of poverty and military oppression, Evelina and those with her,

struggled heroically through the winter to provide food and basic care for their wounded Serbian

patients and some of the local civilian population. In the spring of 1916, Evelina and the other

'Scottish Women' were released through the International Red Cross and returned to England.

In August 1916 Evelina went to Romania in charge of 18 ambulance and transport vehicles as

part of two units of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. These units were in support of Serbian

soldiers fighting on the eastern Allied front. The stronger enemy invading armies drove the

Russian, Romanian, and Serbian defenders out of southern Romania and north of the Danube

river delta.

During this twomonth

retreat by the Allied forces, Evelina and the transport drivers were

working nonstop

under constant enemy fire, in desperate situations, while rescuing wounded

soldiers and driving them to safety.

By early 1917, with the fighting on the eastern front over, and unable to return to Serbia

because of the enemy occupation there, Evelina returned to England, where she remained until

after the Armistice of November 1918. In England she raised money for clothing and canteens for

Serbian soldiers, gave public speeches on behalf of Serbian relief, and helped to found a Serbian

Red Cross Society in Britain.

After the Armistice she returned to Serbia to supervise the distribution of much needed food,

clothing, and medical supplies. When this was done, in 1919, she made plans to found a home

for Serbian war orphans in a Serbian mountain village. It was there, in Bajina Bashta, that she

contracted pneumonia, probably brought on by overwork and fatigue, and died prematurely at

the age of 52, revered and honoured by the Serbs for her five years of humanitarian work on

their behalf.

Courtesy

firstworldwar.com

For 10 years of service.

Here is a fireman's breast badge for 5 years of service.

Thank you IrishGunner

More about operation you can find on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Drvar

Here is mine, just in. Unfortunately without case.

Well said Iver.

Maybe Peter should give to us some tips about taking such superb photographs ? :love:

I have found this photo on internet. Unfortunately it is not of a good quality.

An awarding document, sent to the parents of the awarded solider.

Great pictures and interesting story Pajo, thank you.

Odlicne slike Pajo !

:cheers:

Nice pictures Bob.

Thank you for sharing.

Do you have more ?

I heard a rumor (for what it is worth) that during the NATO bombing Milosjevic moved into the former Tito residence (assuming it would not be bombed) and that his son (Marko) found the orders (and weapons) of Tito in the cellar and took them. Anybody who is friends with the Milosjevic family who can verify?

My opinion is that it is just a rumor.

Nice, clear pictures.

I was enjoying looking at them.

Go on.

You really got some beauties there Tim !

Please read your PM.

Wrong thread Artan.

It should be in: WW2: Axis Forces Militaria

I think that this topic should be moved to:

WW2: Axis Forces Militaria

NICE!

Thank you very much.

Here is a cockarde of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in use from 1921.

Very nice picture Pavel.

Thank you for posting it.

Can you please in future post bigger pictures ?

Link that is given by Ross is not working.

Is it just me ?

Interesting story. Worth investiagating...

War stories could be so incredible, but also so true.

Beautifull pair of epolettes Valter.

And rich family history as I can see.

Congratulations. :cheers: