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Phoebe Hessel

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British wartime cross-dresser

Lived 1713 to 1821 · aged 108
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Phoebe Hessel, née Smith was best known for disguising herself as a man to serve in the British Army, probably to be with her lover, Samuel Golding. She lived to the age of 108.

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Lived 1713 to 1821 · aged 108
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