12 Facts About Alice Hutchison

Alice Hutchison was a British medical doctor who served in the Balkan and First World Wars.

Alice Hutchison was one of the first women to lead a war-time hospital unit and was awarded the Serbian Order of Saint Sava.

Alice Marion Hutchison was born 12 August 1874 in Dalhousie, India.

Alice Hutchison's father, John Hutchison, was a missionary working in India for the Church of Scotland; her mother was Margaret Andrew.

Alice Hutchison was educated at Beechwood in Moffat, and in Bridge of Allan.

Alice Hutchison was in India, serving during a cholera epidemic that hit the country.

Alice Hutchison volunteered at the outbreak of World War I for the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.

Alice Hutchison was the first doctor from the SWH sent to France and was initially placed in Boulogne, France.

Alice Hutchison was noted for having the lowest rate of deaths due to typhoid in her hospital.

Alice Hutchison was captured by Austro-Hungarian forces on 15 November 1915.

Alice Hutchison successfully argued for all their release, citing the Geneva Convention.

Alice Hutchison moved to London, England after the end of World War I, where she worked in several hospitals.