Lillian Starr

 

British nurse Mrs Starr with a group of Afridis, Peshawar Missionary Medical hosiptal, 1923. From The Sketch, 2nd May,1923. 

Her husband, a Missionary doctor, was stabbled to death by an Afridi tribesman in 1918 in front of her own eyes when he answered a late night call at the front door. The Afridi's son had been admitted as a patient in the hospital and, apparently, Christianity was preached to him (after all, it was a missionary hospital) as he was found inquiring about converting to Christianity. The Afridi man first murdered his son and then murdered Mrs. Starr's husband.

She was tasked by the British government to assist in the recovery of Mollie Ellis from Ajab Khan Afridi, since she could fluently speak Pashto and knew a great deal about Afridis from her frequent interactiosn with Afridis in hospital.