| Hudson | C | | Captain | He was born 5 April 1874, at Manilla Hall, Clifton, Bristol, son of Charles Thomas Hudson, MA, LLD (Cantab.), FRS (Head Master of Clifton Grammar School, and later of Manilla Hall, Clifton; Naturalist and Scientist), and Louisa Maria fiott Hudson (nee Hammond). He was educated at Manilla Hall School, Clifton, and Charing Cross Hospital, London (FECSE, MHCS, LRCP), and joined the Indian Medical Service 28 January 1899. He served in China in 1900 (Medal), and was from 1900 to 1903 Medical Officer, 2nd QVO Rajput Light Infantry, with the China Expeditionary Force under Sir O'Moore Creagh. He became Captain 28 January 1902. On his return to India he went to the Delhi Durbar to an Indian General Hospital in 1903, and then joined the Somaliland Field Force, with which he served from 1903 to 1904 as Secretary to the PMO, and later in a Section of Field Ambulance. He was present at the action of Jidballi. He was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Charles Egerton [London Gazette, 2 September 1904], there being a special notice "for particularly valuable work" in the London Gazette of 3 September 1904, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 6 September 1904]: "Corrie Hudson, Captain, IMS. For services in Somaliland". He received the Medal. He served as Staff Surgeon, Bangalore, from 1908 to 1912. He became Major 23 July 1910; served as Officer Commanding No 2 Bulgarian Red Cross Unit, with a British Red Cross Unit, in the Turco-Balkan War of 1912-13, an in 1913 served in the Persian Gulf, in Persia and Arabia in operations directed against gun-running by the Arabs (Red Cross Medal). Major Hudson served in France as DADMS, 1st Indian Cavalry Division, from October 1914 to June 1916, in operations around Festubert, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Loos and the River Ancre, for which he was mentioned in Despatches in January 1916. In 1917 he was DADMS, 16th Indian Division, Burhan, and was Commandant, School of Instruction for Temporary IMS Officers at Rawalpindi in 1918, becoming Lieutenant Colonel 28 July 1918. In 1919 he served as Commanding Officer of the 14th Indian General Hospital at Rawalpindi, and ADMS, Lines of Communication, Waziristan Force. Lieutenant Colonel Hudson has the Mons Star, the British General Service Medal and the Victory Medal. On 23 July 1904, at St Mary Abbots, Kensington, London, he married Frances Edith Barratt, daughter of Alfred Barratt, late Education Department, Whitehall, London, and they had one daughter, Edith Joyce Corrie, born 20 November 1905.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Indian Medical Service |
