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Gulf WarInformation about the Army Medical Services during the First Gulf War of 1990 to 1991 including the Field Hospitals such as 33 Field Hospital and 22 Field Hospital: The Gulf War of August 1990 saw the largest deployment of the QAs since World War Two. Two QARANC officers were posted to Saudi Arabia along with other members of the tri-service to work with staff at the Saudi Arabian Military Hospital in Dharan. 22 Field HospitalIn September 22 Field Hospital Aldershot deployed to Bahrain Island and then forward to Wadi Al Batin in Northern Saudi Arabia. In October 1990 the staff of the Cambridge Military Hospital Aldershot were mobilised as 33 Field Hospital to Al Jubayl on the East coast of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of Colonel Eric Gruber von Arni the Matron and Chief Med Nursing Middle East (cited in the book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  ).
No 4 RAF War Hospital No 4 RAF War Hospital took over from 22 Field Hospital and one of the nursing staff was Bob Widders who has written about his experiences in his book A Few Deeds Short of a Hero  .
He describes working under ColPro (Collective Protection), how he and his colleagues coped with Scud missile attacks, wearing respirators and NBC protective suits,
vaccinations against biological warfare such as anthrax and botulinism, taking NAPS tablets with the worry over side effects and running the Bahrain International Marathon representing the RAFWH.
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33 Field Hospital opened in a tyre factory and at its full capacity during the height of the Gulf War had 600 beds and 936 military staff (Cited in Vol 11 No 2 of The Gazette of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association). 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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32 Field HospitalOther QARANC and RAMC units deployed to the GulfWar included BMH Hannover as 32 Field Hospital and the Territorial Army (TA) unit 205 (Scottish) General Hospital. The staff of 32 Field Hospital decorated their entrance with a garden and the book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing has a picture of what they nicknamed The Desert Rose Home of 32 Field Hospital. This Commanding Officer's rose garden was well cared for during the conflict and proved therapeutic for the staff and was not an unusual practice by QA's during periods of war and conflict. On the QARANC.co.uk World War One Photographs page there are Sisters of the QAIMNS tending to their gardens in Basra Hospital, Mesopotamia.
33 Field Hospital33 Field Hospital Reception Department treated 6000 patients of which 3000 became in patients and over 200 surgical procedures were performed (cited in the book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing ).
The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing has many photographs from the Gulf War including the staff of 22 Field Hospital filling sandbags during Operation Granby in Bahrain, the setting up of the main war, a church service, a street trader near to 22 Field Hospital in Bahrain, the tented hospital at Wadi al Batin, the main entrance of 33 Field Hospital at Al Jubayl in Saudi Arabia, a tented ward at 33 Field Hospital on Christmas Day, the recovery ward, the visit of General Sir Peter de la Billiere the Commander of the British Forces, staff dressed in NBC kit against a Scud attack, examples of NBC drill posters with the face of Saddam Hussein and the Medical Reception Station (MRS) Old Port Barracks Al Jubail.
Memories of a Nursing Officer who served with 212 Field Hospital (Birmingham) in Kuwait and 34 Fld Hosp in Iraq can be read on the DKMH Catterick page. If you would like to contribute any info, photographs or share your memories of the Gulf War then please contact me. 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
BMH Bowen Road Hong Kong and
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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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