Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson

Captain, Canadian Army Medical Corps attchd to the 75th Battn

Register No.: 611 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
Rank: Captain all Captains →
Unit: Canadian Army Medical Corps attchd to the 75th Battn (register: Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps) all Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps VCs →
Date of action: 2 September 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
Conflict / campaign: First World War
London Gazette: 14th December 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
Born: 16th December 1883 at Mount Carmel, Illinois, USA
Died: 9th April 1954 at Cairo, Illinois
Memorial / grave: Buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Illinois

Digest of citation

On 2 September 1918 in France, Captain Hutcheson went through the Queant-Drocourt Support Line with his battalion, remaining on the field until every wounded man had been attended to. He dressed the wounds of a seriously hurt officer under terrific machine-gun and shell fire,and with the help of prisoners and his own men succeeded in evacuating the officer to safety. Immediately afterwards he rushed forward in full view of the enemy to attend a wounded sergeant and having placed him in a shell hole, dressed his wounds

From Alf Askin's research notes

Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.

HUTCHESON, Bellenden Seymour (Reg.No. 611)

Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps attchd to the 75th Battn. Central Ontario Regiment. CEF.

London Gazetted 14th December 1918 Born on: 16th December 1883 at Mount Carmel, Illinois, USA.

Died on: 9th April 1954 at Cairo, Illinois.

Buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Illinois.

Digest of Citation reads: On 2 September 1918 in France, Captain Hutcheson went through the Queant-Drocourt Support Line with his battalion, remaining on the field until every wounded man had been attended to. He dressed the wounds of a seriously hurt officer under terrific machine-gun and shell fire,and with the help of prisoners and his own men succeeded in evacuating the officer to safety. Immediately afterwards he rushed forward in full view of the enemy to attend a wounded sergeant and having placed him in a shell hole, dressed his wounds Additional Information: He was the son of Mr. Bellenden Hutcheson and his wife Luella, of Mound City, Illinois USA. He stuDied on medicine and graduated from North Western University, Chicago. He returned to Mound City, Illinois to take up practise as a surgeon. On the 14th December 1915 he volunteered for service in the 97th Battalion of the Canadian Army and served as it's Medical Officer. He was sent to the European Theatre of War and served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 75th Battalion of the Central Ontario Regiment as it's MO. On the 8th August 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross. On the 14th December 1918 he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Additional information

He was the son of Mr. Bellenden Hutcheson and his wife Luella, of Mound City, Illinois USA. He stuDied on medicine and graduated from North Western University, Chicago. He returned to Mound City, Illinois to take up practise as a surgeon. On the 14th December 1915 he volunteered for service in the 97th Battalion of the Canadian Army and served as it's Medical Officer. He was sent to the European Theatre of War and served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and was attached to the 75th Battalion of the Central Ontario Regiment as it's MO. On the 8th August 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross. On the 14th December 1918 he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Central Ontario Regiment. CEF.

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