#may lowther

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The extraordinary sportswoman, motorist, fencer, weightlifter, jiu jitsu champion and international tennis player, May 'Toupie' Lowther (1874-1944), organised her own team of women ambulance drivers – the Hackett-Lowther Ambulance Unit – and took 20 cars and 30 women to France.

The British army did not use the all-women ambulances, who attached instead to the French Third Army for nearly three years of wartime service. Lowther was awarded the French military medal, the Croix de Guerre, for her service.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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The Hackett-Lowther all-female Ambulance Unit, which was established in 1917 by Norah Desmond Hackett and May 'Toupie' Lowther. They acquired vehicles and recruited women before departing for the frontline in France. The British army would not use the women's unit, and instead they joined the French Third Army for nearly three years of wartime service.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory