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The Motto Of The QARANC


Information about the Motto Of The QARANC and the origins of the motto and insignia


QARANC Colours The Motto Of The QARANC is the Latin phrase Sub cruce candida. Some sources state Sub-Crucia Candida.


This translates to English as Under The White Cross.


Sub Cruce Candida QARANC


The motto of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps was transferred when the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) became the QARANC.


Sub Cruce Candida was the motto of the Order of Dannebrog and was chosen by the first president of the QAIMNS, Queen Alexandra. She chose this motto and the cross of the Order of Dannebrog for the cap badge of the QAs from her native country of Denmark cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott).



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The motto was chosen by the first President of the QAIMNS (and later became the first Colonel-In-Chief of the QA's) Queen Alexandra. It comes from her chosen insignia of the British army nursing service which is a white cross taken from the Danish flag from where she came from the Royal House of Denmark.



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