QA Association

History Of The QARANC Association

• Record achievements
  
  
• Record the history and traditions
  
  
• Share records
  
  
• Keep traditions going
  
  
• Offer practical help and support to members
  
  
• Offer friendship
  
  
• Keeping past and present members in touch with each other
  
  
• Organise social gatherings
  
  
• Represent members
  
  
• Hold a yearly re-union and Annual General Meeting
  
  
• Encourage acts of benevolence amongst members

Vice President

Chairman

Vice Chairman

QA Territorial Army representative

Two serving QA officers

Four elected members


The Motto of the QA Association is Friendship.

Branches of the QA Association exist throughout the UK and the world. These include Aldershot, Bournemouth, Brighton and Hove, Catterick, Chester, Colchester, London, The Midlands, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Scotland, Wales and the West Country. Personnel can join their nearest branch or elect to just remain on the central Headquarter Roll.

QA Association branches will host functions and events to bring members together,

QA Gazette

The QA Association publish the QA Gazette magazine twice a year. These magazines have articles of interest to existing and former members such as news, sporting events, medal awards, birth, death and marriage notifications and articles. Branches and individual members are encouraged to contribute letters and articles.

The first QA Gazette was published in January 1950 (cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott).

How To Join The QA Association

Contact the QA Association at:

QARANC Association
Regimental Headquarters QARANC
Army Medical Services HQ
Former Army Staff College
Slim Road
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 4NP

Telephone: (01276) 412754

Costs And Prices Of Joining The QA Association

There is a small yearly fee to join the QA Association and the cost depends on the area you live because of postage prices for sending the QA Gazette. There are listed below. We would advise contacting the secretary of the QA Association for up to date prices and direct debit forms. You will normally be required to send a cheque for your first year membership and to complete a direct debit form for the yearly membership thereafter. This annual payment will normally be taken directly from your bank or building society in January.

Annual Subscription including Gazette for the UK, Northern Ireland or the Isle Of Man is £8
Annual Subscription including Gazette for Europe and Eire is £12
Annual Subscription including Gazette for all other destinations is £16

Members can also buy a QA Association Brooch for £3.50.


For more information see the official army website which has a page about the QA Association at www.army.mod.uk/qaranc/qaranc_assn/index.htm where there is also an e-mail to contact the General Secretary.



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.


For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to
www.army.mod.uk/qaranc/index.html
For the QARANC Association website please go to
http://www.army.mod.uk/qaranc/qaranc_assn/index.htm