Staff Nurse Ethel Hutchinson M.M.

Ethel HUTCHINSON, nursing sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, worked with Edie at 3 Casualty Clearing Station. Edie makes several references to her, usually in connection with off-duty walks together. See the names index for dates on which she is mentioned in Edie's diaries.

She was born circa 1875 in Nottingham, daughter of John and Mary Hutchinson. Sisters Gertrude and Annie and brothers John, Ben and Thomas. and the address she gave through most of the war was 300 Bluebell Hill Road, Nottingham. It looks as though she was the eldest child, and then had younger siblings: Gertrude, John, Ben, Thomas and Annie. She trained at the London Hospital.

She states her next of kin on many of the forms as 'Gertrude Hutchinson' but on one it is 'Mrs Wallis' so this was probably Gertrude married. Awarded the Military Medal in 1916 while working at No.33 Casualty Clearing Station, Bethune. More information here.

Here's an undated cutting from The War Illustrated. The War Illustrated was a British war magazine published in London by William Berry. It was first released on 22 August 1914, eighteen days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, and regular issues continued throughout World War I. Click here for more information on The War Illustrated.   Click on the image to enlarge

The information above was kindly provided by Sue Light.

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