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QARANC Cap BadgePicture and information about the QARANC Cap Badge: 
The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC), like most British army corps and regimental cap badges, is made from staybrite metal material so it stays
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As the photograph of the QA cap badge to the left shows the QA emblem is gold leafed in colour and the bottom writing is silver coloured with the words QARANC type faced in a slightly darker silver colour. The cross has the crown of Great Britain above it. 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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QARANC cap badges are worn on the grey QA beret and the number 1 and no. 2 dress peak caps. The approximate size of the QARANC cap badge is 25mm (1 inches) wide by 42mm (1.625 inches) high. The Motto Of The QARANC is written around the cap badge. The official motto of The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing is the Latin phrase Sub cruce candida. It is possible to buy a Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) cap badge from online auction website Ebay where some private sellers and shops have many such QA items for sale. QAIMNS Cap Badge
The photo on the left is the QAIMNS Cap Badge. The Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service were formed in 1902 and became the QARANC in 1949. Though the QAIMNS were formed in 1902 it was not until 1905 that the QA cap badge was approved by His Majesty King Edward VII and became the official insignia of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing. The QA cap badge was designed by the first President of the QAIMNS, HRH Queen Alexandra. She choose the cross of the Order of Dannebrog from Denmark where she was born. This Maltese cross forms the centre of the Order and Queen Alexandra also chose the motto of the Order of Danneborg as the motto for the QAs: Sub Cruce Candida. The motto was introduced to the QAs much earlier, on the thirtieth meeting of the Nursing Board in 1903 cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S)  by Juliet Piggott).
Army Medical Services School of Nursing BadgeThose QA nurses who trained and qualified in an AMS school of nursing were awarded an Army Medical Services School of Nursing Badge. Blue was awarded to registered nurses and green to enrolled nurses. Up to 1979 these were worn by female QAs on the neck button of their ward dresses. They were large nurse badges and were nicknamed the dustbin lid. Thereafter RAMC and QARANC wore the AMS School of Nursing Badges on their breast pocket and the badges were much smaller. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  has photos of the Army Medical Services School of Nursing Badges.
Army Trained Nurse BadgeWhen we did our nurse training we took both army and civilian nursing examinations. When you passed your ATN, which was the Army Trained Nurse, you were allowed to apply for civilian finals. Upon passing ATN you were given the ATN badge, in the photo, which you had to wear at the collar of your dress - it weighed a ton. I have photographed it next to a state badge to give you some idea of the size. Stephanie Lowe The photo below is of the General Nursing Council For England and Wales badge 
Below is a photograph of the Army Trained Nurse badge. 
If you sell or know of somewhere that sells the old style bronze very heavy Army Trained Nurse badges then please contact Qaranc.co.uk. If you sell a QARANC or other military cap badges and have a shop or online store and would like it listed here for free then please contact me with information, your website and a photo. Return To The QARANC Merchandise Index Page. 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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