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BMH MunsterInformation and history about the British Military Hospital in Munster along with photos of BMH Muster and the QAs BMH Munster was one of several BAOR (British Army On The Rhine) army hospitals in Germany. It is now closed. Below is a photo of BMH Munster that occupied one wing of the German Krankanhauus. 
In his book Stand by Your Beds!: A Wry Look at National Service 
by David Findlay Clark the author talks fondly about sitting in Munster Biergartens enjoying his posting to Germany by sampling the local beer and food, a memory many QAs and RAMC staff who served at BMH Munster may also fondly recall!
David Findlay Clark also writes about a chilling moment during the post World War Two years in Germany when during Operation Coronet he joined fellow officers in a more comfortable shower room courtesy of an olive grey uniformed Wehrmacht soldier. They had previously been using a bucket with a hole and cold water but in looking around the Countryside found a large building still be guarded by the Germans. The Wehrmacht soldier allowed them to use a building that had a large shower room that had to be lowered to the floor and had chambers leading off which had one way metal pipes and no ventilation. It only dawned on them after their shower that they had used what the Germans may have called a "Decontamination Centre" but in reality was a death camp. Munster Army Wedding 
Kathleen McNally has kindly provided the wedding and QAIMNS photos of her mother, Nursing Sister of the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Services Lieutenant Catherine "Kay" Curley and her husband Sergeant Alfred Britton who were married in the Army Chapel, Munster, West Germany. 
In 1945 QA Lt Curley served throughout Europe including 77 British Military Hospital, 105BMH Den Haan in Belgium, 4 Field Dressing Station Cuxhaven, Hamburg, Ostend in Christmas 1945, Belsen, Wuppental and Hanover,
During World War two Lt Catherine Curley courted Flt Lt J.G. Doyle a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force who was shot down and presumed killed in action. 
She later fell in love with Sgt Britton whom she met when he was injured driving down a German autobahn. He had previously served in Burma and was sent to Germany for the demobilization of the German Army. The accident he was in was when they were transporting German Prisons of War from one place to another.
He sustained a head injury and was nursed by Sister Curley. They married in 1948. Their marriage licence read:
A.F.A. 43a British Army of the Rhine 2nd Echelon G.H.Q. B.A.O.R. Officer in Charge of the Register of Marriages Rev. Peter Brady CF(R.C.) at R.C. Church 25 (Munster) Mil Hospital 17th January 1948 Alfred Britton 29 Bachelor 1609677 Sgt Active Services Abroad B.A.O.R. Catherine Curley 27 Spinster P/316405 Nursing Officer Active Services Abroad B.A.O.R. Witnessed by R.C.Melville Ilse Jahn Peter Brady CF (R.C.) Duly registered by me (V.J.BONAVIA) Colonel Commanding 25 (Munster) Military Hospital 
Lt Britton QAIMNS left the army in March 1948. 
Her daughter recalls seeing her mum's QA nursing cape which was covered with badges from every nation and every force. The photo below is from Lt Britton's (nee Curley) collection and is of the staff at BMH Munster. The list of names reads: Sedgefield, Kay (Lt Curley), Kinsella, Lyons, Moffatt (thought to be Lt Curley's best friend), J Lees, Bill Eley, Colonel Hughes, F or T Rayner, Mob Porter, Wilson, Clewley, Pritchard, Young, June Kinkhurst (though the surname may be spelt differently). 
If you can help Kathleen with any more information about her parents and their service career the please contact Qaranc.co.uk and we shall pass on any info and pictures. Thank you. Here are some more photographs from the collection of Lt Britton:  The photograph above is thought to be of post war torn Cologne on the Rhine. 
The picture above is of the bride who in the absence of her father was given away by a senior officer who is thought to be either a Major or a Colonel. 
The photo above is a friend of Lt Britton (nee Curley) but sadly we do not know her name. If you can help with this information please contact Qaranc.co.uk 
Sadly none of the QARANC.co.uk team had a German posting and would love to expand this page with more details about the hospital and include a photograph. If you are a former or serving member of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps we would love your help. We would also like to hear from anyone who can provide directions and an address to get to the location of BMH Munster. Contact Qaranc.co.uk A QARANC wall plaque and shield is available to buy through Amazon. The QA shield is hand made and ready to hang on the wall. . Buy Now. 
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The Real Tenko The latest book about British Army nurses and nursing describes a dark chapter in the history of the QAs. The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the Japanese  by Mark Felton is an account of the fall of the Far East to Japan. It comprehensively covers war atrocities performed by the Japanese troops to women stationed in places such as Singapore and Hong Kong. This included Sisters of the QAs who were stationed in hospitals such as
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View more British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. 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. 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 of Qaranc.co.uk is researching the exhumation of Heinrich Himmler in Luneberg, Germany circa 1945-46. He thinks that two nurses from the QAIMNS attended the exhumation due to the poor state of health of Walter Schellenberg. He would like to learn if any of the nurses kept a diary of the events leading up to the exhumation or sent any personal letters home to friends or family that may have provided an insight into Walter Schellenberg and the exhumation. Please contact Qaranc.co.uk if you have any information. Qaranc.co.uk have recently learnt about two former Military Hospitals that we would like to write about. These are the British Military Hospital at Wuppertal in Germany and BMH Benghazi. If you know any information, would like to share your memories or have photographs that we can use on the site then please contact Qaranc.co.uk 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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