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Example of Mentioned in Despatches Letter From The Secretary of State for War From World War OneCopy of the Mentioned in a Despatch official letter from the Secretary of State for War after the Great War. Includes a copy of the signature of Sir Winston Churchill: 
The photo above is a copy of the mentioned in despatched of QAIMNS (R) nursing sister Miss Ethel Smithies who was awarded the RRC. Read more about her, see her photograph and learn why she was awarded her honour on the Royal Red Cross page. Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story  by Nicola Tyrer is an account of the QAs during the two World Wars. It includes first hand accounts of the Queen Alexandra nurses who were in the dressing stations, casualty clearing stations and field hospitals of Dunkirk, D Day, the fall of Singapore and many more locations where the QAIMNS served.
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Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story is also available as a talking book read by the actress Barbara Flynn and Sian Thomas. Buy Now. 
View More British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. The example of the mentioned in Despatches Letter From The Secretary of State for War From World War One reads: The War of 1914 - 1918 Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Sister Miss E, Smithies was mentioned in a Despatch from Lieutenant General Sir W.R. Marshall K.C.B dated 7th February 1919 for gallant and distinguished services in the Field. I have it in command from the King to record His Majesty's high appreciation of the services rendered. Churchill Secretary of State for War War Office Whitehall 1st March 1919 The signature is that of Sir Winston Churchill who was the Secretary of State for War from 10 January 1919 to 13 February 1921. 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.
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