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QA Memorial National Memorial ArboretumInformation and photographs of the QARANC Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire 
The QA Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) can be found in the Southern section. NMA The origins of the NMA can be traced back to a visit to Arlington Cemetery and the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, in 1988 by the Director, David Childs. He had the idea that such concepts could be introduced to Great Britain and provide a meaningful memorial to those who have served the United Kingdom since 1945. 
The then Prime Minister John Major launched the appeal to create the Arboretum in November 1994. At this stage there was no land nor money for the project but this quickly changed when Redland Aggregates (now Lafarge) generously gifted 82 acres of reclaimed gravel working alongside the banks of the River Tame. This generous gift has now been extended to a further 70 acres which includes the wildlife lake. The Arboretum was officially opened by HRH The Duchess of Kent on the 16 May 2001 and dedicated on 11th June 2002. The design was carefully created to provide an area of peace so that visitors could have an area for peaceful contemplation whilst providing a living and growing environment for an assortment of trees and local wildlife. 
Loved ones, family members, friends and comrades can come and remember their fallen comrades in a tranquil setting. The NMA is set within 150 acres of parkland woods and was built in central England to provide easier access to families and visitors throughout Britain and the UK. The National Memorial Arboretum can be found at the National Forest in Staffordshire near to the A38 and Midlands motorways at Croxall Road in Alrewas, Staffordshire. 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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Armed Forces MemorialThe Armed Forces Memorial (AFM) was built in 2007 and was dedicated by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury on the 12 October 2007. Her Majesty The Queen, Prince Phillip The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles The Prince of Wales, Camilla HRH the Duchess of Cornwall and the Rt Hon Gordon Brown The Prime Minister were in attendance. During a parade of standards the Royal British Legion branch standards and those of Regiments and Corps were carried, though this did not include the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps standard. A buffet in a marquee was arranged for guests which included representatives of branches of the Royal British Legion and this was followed by a fly past. Bad weather conditions prevented a planned parachute drop. There are 8 names of QAs presently engraved upon the Memorial. The photo below is of the QARANC Memorial. The Remembrance crosses were placed by a visiting party of QA's from RCDM Birmingham: 
AFM The Armed Forces Memorial (AFM) was designed and built as a living and lasting memorial to members of the armed forces who have given their lives in the service of their country while on duty. This includes those who have died during conflicts, when training or from acts of terrorism since the end of World War Two. This figure reaches over approximately 16,000 service men and women and each name is engraved in stone panels around its internal walls. The AFM was designed by Liam O'Connor with sculptural elements by Ian Rank-Broadley. The nominal roll of honour can be read at forcesmemorial.org.uk where there is a search facility that includes name, service and serial number to make finding a relative or comrade easier. The National Memorial Arboretum is also a United Kingdom's living and lasting memorial for military and civilian organisations and individuals to commemorate their comrades, families and friends by way of memorial plots and gardens or individual plaques and trees. 
Admission is free to the NMA though to support its upkeep it is hoped that visitors will make generous donations. The staff at The National Memorial Arboretum are volunteers. QA Memorial The QA Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum is located in the South section near to the entrance and as can be seen in the photos in this article it features the white cross and QARANC emblem. Below is written Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. 
QARANC.co.uk would like to thank Mr Peter Howell and Terry Hissey for taking the QA Memorial National Memorial Arboretum pictures displayed on this page. Mr Peter Howell has also kindly helped QARANC.co.uk to trace the name and details of QAs who are honoured on the Armed Forces Memorial (AFM) and those who have died whilst in the service of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. More details by each QA can be found at the Forces Memorial website and where available their page is directly linked below. This gives the location of the cemetery, plot row and grave number in which they rest. There are 6 QARANC and 2 QAIMNS names on the AFM. These are: Pte. Dorothy Edna BROWN QARANC Date of Death 15 September 1954 More Information. DOUGHERTY Linda Anne LCpl QARANC Date of Death 13 September 1988 More Information. FENELON Patricia Mary Pte QARANC Date of Death 17 September 1953 More Information. MacKAY Jean Laing Lt QARANC Date of Death 18 February 1967 More Information. ROGERS Andrea Jayne Capt QARANC Date of Death 31 January 1993 More Information. SMITH Lynda Maureen Capt QARANC Date of Death 22 April 1981 More Information. PIGOTT Norah Kathleen Sister QAIMNS 09 September 1947 More Information. WOODERSON Winifred Vera Sister QAIMNS 27 May 1947 More Information. The montage below was kindly produced by Peter Howell and contains the 8 QA's names with their corresponding AFM panel numbers: 
The photograph below is of Panels 5 and 6 showing Winifred Wooderson's and Norah Pigott's names: 
The QAs below should also be on the Roll of Honour that is on public display in the Chapel of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. Listed are their name, rank, corps and date of death (DOD): Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps BIRCH Jane Elizabeth Private 28-Mar-82 BRAMWELL Eileen Lt 04-Sep-59 BROWN Dorothy Edna Pte 15-Sep-54 BROWN Elspeth Islay Maj 20-Apr-51 BUGLER Amanda Jane Capt 15-Mar-66 COLLINS Nancy Pte 10-Aug-51 CONNOR Eileen Bourne Maj 11-Jul-63 DAVIES Dilys Eileen Tatlon Maj 20-May-82 DAVIES Robert Craighton Pte 06-Mar-05 DAWSON Jean Munro Maj 25-Nov-57 DE LATOUR Margaret Joanna Pte 17-Oct-65 DOUGHERTY Linda Anne LCpl 13-Sep-88 DUFFY Mary Lt 28-Aug-59 EVANS Edith Valerie Pte 21-Jun-64 FENELON Patricia Mary Pte 17-Sep-53 FINLAY Ann Norah Mary Maj 21-Jun-85 FULFORD Lynne Catherine Pte 09-Dec-78 GLOVER Marjorie Pte 20-Jul-69 GREENWOOD Roy WOII 28-Feb-93 HOGG Grace Margaret Maj 30-Nov-55 JOHN Sybil Lt 21-Sep-51 JONES Violet Marjorie Col 04-Jul-75 LATIMER Michelle Pte 16-Nov-78 MacCALLUM Rhoda Anne Maj 18-Jan-68 MacKAY Jean Laing Lt 18-Feb-67 MAPLE Christine Cpl13-Apr-88 McCAN Emily Mary Jaqueline Lt 25-Feb-55 McMILLAN Barbara Maj 25-Aug-66 McNICOL Fiona Cpl 21-Jun-64 MOIR Jennifer Patricia Lt 02-Dec-72 O'DRISCOLL Ann May LCpl 08-Jun-65 PARSONS Lynette Mair Vicary Pte 26-Oct-88 PENNEY Katharine June Edna Lt 16-Jan-94 PERKINS Sarah Eleanor Sister 18-Mar-50 PONTIN Vivienne Mary Capt 27-Nov-68 PORTER Jane Helen Capt 17-Mar-80 ROGERS Andrea Jayne Capt 31-Jan-93 SMITH Georgina Nellie Maj 10-Dec-79 SMITH Lynda Maureen Capt 22-Apr-81 SPENCE Elizabeth Lt 18-Apr-60 THOMSON Elizabeth Anderson Maj 23-Jan-66 TICE Janet Cpl 16-Jul-89 WARD Lindsey Denise Pte 20-May-72 WELCH Agnes Irene Maj 19-Mar-68 WILSON Elizabeth Evelyn Lt 26-May-53 WOODS Julia Mary Maj 14-Nov-68 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service PIGOTT Norah Kathleen Sister 09-Sep-47 WOODERSON Winifred Vera Sister 27-May-47 BUTTERWORTH Joan Cynthia Sister 28-Sep-48 HUNT Joyce Sister 11-Apr-48 McHARDY Mary Sister 28-Aug-48 PEGRUM Helen Sister 28-May-48 SUTHERLAND Barbara May Anderson Sister 31-Mar-48 WATERS Joan Winifred May Maj 09-Mar-51 Photos of the Armed Forces Memoria 
Other areas of interest to fellow QAs include the Far East Prisoners of War Building which displays the names of each FEPOW. The url homepage link to the official National Memorial Arboretum website is www.nationalmemorialarboretum.org and they also use the web site thenma.org.uk both of which are run by the Royal British Legion. Other related links include the www.forcesmemorial.org.uk and the Friends of the National Memorial Arboretum at the site www.friendsofnma.org.uk If you would like to contribute any info or more photographs of the QA Memorial 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
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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. In Living Memory BBC1 On Sunday 4 November 2007 at 5:10pm BBC1 Scotland broadcast a documentary about the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire called In Living Memory. For the rest of the UK the BBC broadcast In Living Memory at 5:50pm. The television programme showed the construction of the AFM and the producers of In Living Memory interviewed the families of service men and women who were honoured on the AFM and they talked about what the AFM war memorial meant to them. In Living Memory also told some of the stories behind the names of those listed on the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire. The BBC TV program also showed clips of the opening of the Armed Forces Memorial. Hotel Accommodation Near to the National Memorial Arboretum For those looking for hotel accommodation near to the QA Memorial National Memorial Arboretum please try the Three Queens Hotel in Burton Upon Trent. The Three Queens Hotel is about seven miles from National Memorial Arboretum and is managed by an ex-serviceman and Falklands veteran. Visit www.3queenshotel.co.uk for more information. |
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