Lady Dorothie Feilding
Lady Dorothie Feilding | |
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Recently decorated with the Order of Léopold II: from The Illustrated War News, February 1915 | |
| Born | Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding 6 October 1889 Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 24 October 1935 (aged 46) Mooresfort House, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Education | Convent of the Assumption, Paris |
| Years active | September 1914 – June 1917 |
| Known for | being the first woman to be awarded the: Military Medal (1916) Also received: 1914 Star British War Medal Victory Medal Croix de Guerre (1915) Order of Leopold II (1915) |
| Spouse(s) |
Captain Charles Joseph Henry O'Hara Moore, MC
(m. 1917) |
| Relatives | Rudolph Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh Henry Fielding |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Nurse, ambulance driver |
| Institutions | Rugby Hospital Munro Ambulance Corps |
Lady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore, MM (6 October 1889 – 24 October 1935) was a British heiress who became 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.