Later in the war she began a journey to Russia where she planned to provide medical assistance . She moved on to Yerevan , Armenia where there was a refugee crisis due the Armenian Genocide . Macnaughtan reported that Yerevan , with a population of 30,000 , had approximately 17,000 refugees . She noted in her diary : " These unfortunate people have been nearly exterminated by massacres , and it has been officially stated that 75 per cent of the whole race has been put to the sword . " However , she fell ill during the trip through Persia and had to return to England , where she died from her illness . She was buried in the family plot in Chart Sutton
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Sarah Broom Macnaughtan