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The display of QA uniforms will start from the time of the first military nurses in the Crimea War, to the first uniforms of the Army Nursing Services at the Crimea War through to the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS ) of the Great War and Second World War right up to modern day Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) uniforms from the 1950s to present day. The QA Uniform Exhibition at Nothe Fort Weymouth is organised by ex QA Marjorie Bandy with permission of the Curator of the QARANC Museum. Nothe Fort can be found at the Northern Breakwater Shore of Portland Harbour which was an old military harbour. Nothe Fort was a Palmerston fort built in 1872 and became a huge Royal Navy base and was used to protect Portland Harbour from the French during the Napoleonic War. During World War Two Nothe Fort was used by the British navy and the American Naval Forces. Nothe Fort was abandoned in 1956 and then purchased by the local council in 1961. It was then turned into the Museum of Coastal Defence largely with the work of volunteers of the Weymouth Civic Society and a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. 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. Buy Now. 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. Museum of Coastal Defence Nothe Fort is now the Museum of Coastal Defence. There are models of WWII personnel, weapons such as ammunition, cannons and guns, British and American Forces vehicles of the Second World War and a large collection of WWII memorabilia. There are also displays dating to the Victorian times which includes an audio visual experience that describes the building of the Fort. Each August a Victorian Military Festival takes place and is staged by the Nothe Fort Volunteer Artillerymen where they perform rifle and cannon drills. The Museum of Coastal Defence is described as the number one historical attraction of Weymouth. Opening times can be viewed at the official NotheFort website at www.fortressweymouth.co.uk The address of the Nothe Fort is Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, England DT4 8UF. If you have a photo of Nothe Fort Weymouth or the QA Uniform Exhibition that we can use on this page then please contact QARANC.co.uk. 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. 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