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QARANC - Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing CorpsInformation about the QARANC The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 
The QARANC (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps) has served the nursing and medical needs of the British
army, their allies, prisoners of war and local civilians since 1854. Though they were then known as the Army
Nursing Service and then the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service before becoming QA's and forming
the corps of QARANC in 1949.
Read more about the history of the QA's.
In modern times QARANC personnel serve in NHS hospitals alongside civilian staff and at Ministry of Defence Hospital
Units. QA's work alongside the army, navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) in field hospitals alongside the Royal Army
Medical Corps (RAMC) and with units and battalions with a variety of regiments and corps in the
field and in Medical Units at camps throughout the UK and the world. As an example the QARANC are mobilised in the Field Hospital in Iraq and Afghanistan and the
newly created Close Support Hospital (CSH) and Small Hospital Unit (SHU) see QAs near what would have traditionally been called the Front Line providing life saving
nursing support. The work of the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan featured in the TV programme
Doctors and Nurses at War.
In the last two centuries a QA may have served in one of the many military hospitals within the UK and overseas in locations like Germany and Cyprus. The oldest surviving military hospital is the
Royal Herbert which was redeveloped into luxury apartments and still retains many features of the army hospital. Other former military hospitals have been converted into NHS facilities such as the QEMH Woolwich whilst many remain firmly fixed in the memories of former and serving QA's like the CMH Aldershot.
Though many of the military hospitals are now closed the tradition and customs of the QARANC lives on in serving members and much of the historical artefacts are retained and on display at the
QARANC Museum and over the years many traditions have been retained such as the
QA Motto, the
QA and AMS Prayer and the
Cap Badge. These have been joined by modern ceremonies such as the
Army Medical Services Christmas Carol Service.
Since 1902, when the QAIMNS were formed, there have been notable members of the QAs and this continues into the modern day QARANC. This includes
Dame Maud McCarthy who gave outstanding service during the Boer War and the
First World War and
Dame Margot Turner who saw active service in
World War Two, survived being ship wrecked before being taken Prisoner by the Japanese Army . She survived and had an illustrious nursing and military career and became a
Colonel Commandant of the QAs.
Five years later the QAs saw war service during the Korean War. Listen to the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps March Past - Grey And Scarlet - for free by Clicking Here 
and then click on preview. There is also the opportunity to buy an MP3 download for Grey and Scarlet, performed by the RAMC Band for only 69 pence.
Women In The War Zone Women in the War Zone: Hospital Service in the First World War  by Anne Powell is a collection of first hand accounts from the war diaries, memoires, papers and letters from women who nursed in casualty clearing stations, dressing stations, hospitals, barges, trains, ships and ambulances during the First World War. For example the war diary of QA Miss Mildred Rees describes her time aboard No 4 Ambulance Flotilla Barge during the Somme in France whilst the accounts of QAIMNS Nursing Sister Ida Jefferson comes from her time at Basra in Mesopotamia.
This wonderful book brings together over 60 accounts in one readily accessible resource not just from QAs but also the other women who nursed in the war zones during WWI such as British Red Cross, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps (FANYs), St John's Ambulance Brigade, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS), Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and the Women's Hospital Corps in countries such as Serbia, Poland, Russia, Belgium, France, Dardanelles, Corsica, Italy and Romania. Common experiences include coping with bombardments, shortages of food and water, caring for wounded men straight from the battlefield who were mudded and crawling with lice, dealing with live weapons, lack of sanitation, minimum staff and little sleep and having to nurse in the dark or by torchlight. Women in the War Zone has a history of the introduction of women doctors to the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) where they served in countries ranging from Solonika, Egypt, India and Malta as well as an extensive history of the Army Nursing Service. Anne Powell guides the reader through the history of the Great War through these narratives which bring to life the emotions and feelings of military nurses who bore so much and still showed great compassion and bravery. Buy Now with free delivery available.
View British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. 
The QA Association has been providing support and friendship to QAs past and present for over 60 years throughout the world. Through re-unions and events members of the QARANC come together to share memories and make new friends and meet up with old comrades. The QA Association maintains the history of the Corps and keeps records of achievements as well as publishing the twice yearly Corps magazine The Gazette. Read More. 
QARANC nurses have and still continue to serve their country worldwide. This takes them throughout the UK and in places
such as Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Belize, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, The Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Iraq, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, New Zealand,
Northern Ireland, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
 Anywhere the army is deployed then you are sure to find the QARANC. For
this reason British Army nurses are highly trained in the latest military and nursing techniques and enjoy a dual
role in the army. They are rewarded financially, socially and can gain many nursing qualifications.
Read more on the joining the QARANC page.
In 2007 a QA Memorial was built at the newly opened National Memorial Arboretum which commemorates the service personnel killed since the Second World War. A British Army Nurse In the Korean War A newly published book about the QARANC is 
A British Army Nurse In the Korean War
by Elizabeth Jilly McNair. QA Sister McNair saw active service in Korea and Japan and this book is based on her letters home and photographs she took during her 18 months
spent nursing at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan and the British Commonwealth Zone Medical Unit in Seoul, Korea.
Buy Now!
If you would like to contribute to this page, suggest changes or inclusions to this website or would like to send me a photograph then please e-mail me. The photos and pictures on this page have been kindly sent to us for inclusion on this page. If you would like to contribute photographs then please contact us. Findextrawork 
Since leaving the QA's we have done an assortment of self employed work and jobs, some which only take an hour a week, others have been full time. We
have written about these at our other website Findextrawork at
www.findextrawork.co.uk
where we share the information for free to help others with information and resources about earning more money.
Visit Findextrawork for more information.
For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QARANC Association website please go to www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/qaranc/9884.aspx *********************************************** Help Needed A reader is writing an article about the demise of the Military Hospital for the RAMC Magazine and seeks some help. There was, in Kuala Lumpur, a hospital called BMH Kinrara. He would like to know when it opened and closed, what happened to the buildings and the staff. He thinks that Kinrara closed as Terendak opened and that the staff were transferred across to 34 Company RAMC? He would also like any information about the Military Maternity Hospital, Penang. If you can help then please contact Qaranc.co.uk There is a lovely photo of three QA Midwives from the 1960s about half way down on the Royal Herbert Hospital page. If you can help with information about the Maternity Unit in Woolwich or identify the QA Officers then please contact Qaranc.co.uk The BMH Dhekelia has new photos which includes a stunning picture of the demolition of the original building and some staff photos. The contributor would like some help with the date it was demolished and would love to hear from anyone who worked with her relative. |
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