Alice Heaton (1866-)
Nurse from Durham awarded the Legion D'honneur
COUNTY CHRONICLE 16/5/18 – FRENCH HONOUR FOR NURSE
Miss Alice Heaton, daughter of the late Mr John Heaton, has been awarded the Medal Of Honour in silver by the French in recognition of her self-sacrificing devotion as a nurse in Benevolent Hospital No. 4. She was nursing privately in Paris before the war. When war broke out she volunteered to nurse the sick and wounded of the French Army until a breakdown in health forced her to return to England. Her father was Managing Clerk to Messrs T & G Maddison (solicitors) Durham.
Civil Parish: Durham
Birth date: 1866
Armed force/civilian: Civilian
Residence: 7 Sunderland Road, Durham (1881 census)
Organisation membership: Voluntary Aid Detachment
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
Family: Mother Mary, sisters Mary, Jane, Emma, Caroline and Annie
Gender: Female
Contributed by Mavis Dixon