209529 Capt. Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson VC, MC.Canadian Expeditionary Force 75th (Mississauga) Battalion Canadian Army Medical Corps from:Canada Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson was a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School. In 1915, he renounced his United States citizenship in order to join the Canadian Army as a medical officer. He was 34 years old, and a captain in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, Canadian Expeditionary Force, attached to 75th (Mississauga) Battalion when he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
"On the 2nd of September 1918 in France, Captain Hutcheson went through the Drocourt-Queant 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, he 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."
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