100 YEARS ON GREAT NEPHEW HAILS LEGENDAR
On their acceptance, she formed the Scottish Women’sen’s Hospitals and, together withh colleagues and associates from the suffragist movement between 1914-1919, raised the equivalent of £53million in today’s moneyney to buy equipment and get theireir stations to the front line.
Seventeen Scot t i shh Women’s Hospitals were set up across France, Corsica,ca, Greece, Macedonia, Romaniania and Serbia to treat soldiers,rs, as well as satellite hospitalss and dressing stations. Of thee near 1500 personnel, onlyy 20 were men. Elsie based herselfelf in Serbia.
Dad- of- two Hugh, whoho lives in Dorset, said Elsie – known by thehe Serbs as the “Serbian mother from Scotland”nd” – was the bravest woman his mother met.et.
He said: “My mum described her as beinging an interesting balance of determination and compassion. She was brave, single-minded,ed, both when it came to securing suffrage for women and for saving her precious Serberb soldiers. She was five foot and very charming.ng.
“Elsie never took no for an answer rightt up
until the end of her life. She was very sick before she left for Serbia in 1914 but didn’t tell anyone.
“Not long before she died, she was operating on a soldier and a nurse dared to hand her the wrong instrument. She flew at them.
“Her high standards never left her. She would thunder at any of the nurses if she