Lady Dorothie Feilding at War: 'Right at the Heart and Pulse of Things'

Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore, MM was a British heiress who ignored her aristocratic background to become a highly decorated volunteer nurse and ambulance driver on the Western Front during the First World War. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. She also received the Croix de Guerre and the Order of Leopold II from the Belgians.

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