211882 Driver Dorothie Feilding MM.Voluntary Aid Detachment Dorothie Feilding was born into a rich, aristocratic family in Warwickshire, England. She was presented to the King and Queen of England when she was 18 years old. But Fielding shunned her entitled upbringing and jumped into the war effort with both feet. She became an ambulance driver with a volunteer unit stationed in Belgium. And the Western Front soon provided its own challenges, from driving under enemy fire, to dealing with inconvenient marriage proposals and lice. Feilding was easy-going and charismatic, even hosting tea parties amongst the ruins of Furnes. Her bravery earned her a French Croix de guerre, a Belgian Order of Leopold II Knights Cross, and the Military Medal which was presented to her by King George V at Windsor Castle.
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