Lady Dorothie Feilding (1889-1935); daughter of the Earl of Denbigh; received the Order of Leopold; the highest Belgian military decoration; from King Albert; 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. first woman to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field and 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.