Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore (aka "Dot" Feilding), better known as Dorothie Feilding, MM, CdeG, OLII, (6 October 1889 – 24 October 1935) was a British heiress who shunned her aristocratic background to become a highly decorated volunteer nurse and ambulance driver on the Western Front during World War I. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. She also received the 1914 Star, the Croix de guerre from the French and the Order of Leopold II from the Belgians for services to their wounded.
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| - Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore (aka "Dot" Feilding), better known as Dorothie Feilding, MM, CdeG, OLII, (6 October 1889 – 24 October 1935) was a British heiress who shunned her aristocratic background to become a highly decorated volunteer nurse and ambulance driver on the Western Front during World War I. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. She also received the 1914 Star, the Croix de guerre from the French and the Order of Leopold II from the Belgians for services to their wounded.
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| - Mooresfort House, Tipperary, Ireland
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Education
| - Convent of the Assumption, Paris
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| - Recently decorated with the Order of Léopold II: from The Illustrated War News, Feb. 1915
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Years Active
| - Sept 1914–June 1917
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Birth Place
| - Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire
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| - Munro Ambulance Corps
- Rugby Hospital
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| - Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore (aka "Dot" Feilding), better known as Dorothie Feilding, MM, CdeG, OLII, (6 October 1889 – 24 October 1935) was a British heiress who shunned her aristocratic background to become a highly decorated volunteer nurse and ambulance driver on the Western Front during World War I. She was the first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. She also received the 1914 Star, the Croix de guerre from the French and the Order of Leopold II from the Belgians for services to their wounded.
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