| |
| |
|
 |
 |
|||||||
|
» Site Map » Home Page Historical Info » History » QAIMNS for India » QAIMNS First World War » War Graves Memorials Nurses » Book of Remembrance » QA World War Two Nursing » Belsen Concentration Camp » National Service » Korean War and the QARANC » Gulf War » Royal Red Cross Medal » Colonels In Chief » Director Army Nursing Services (DANS) » Colonel Commandant » Matrons In Chief (QAIMNS) » March » Motto » QA Memorial National Memorial Arboretum » Army Recruitment Posters » Museum » QA Association » QA and AMS Prayer » Books Former Army Hospitals UK » BMH Cowglen Glasgow » CMH Aldershot » Colchester Military Hospital » DKMH Catterick » Ghosts » Hospital Ghosts » Haslar » QA Centre » QAMH Millbank » QEMH Woolwich » Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast » Netley » Royal Chelsea Hospital » Royal Herbert » Tidworth Military Hospital France » Ambulance Trains » Hospital Barges » Hospital Ships Germany » BMH Berlin » BMH Hanover » BMH Iserlohn » BMH Munster » BMH Rinteln Cyprus » TPMH RAF Akrotiri » BMH Dhekelia » BMH Nicosia Egypt » BMH Alexandria China » BMH Shanghai Hong Kong » BMH Bowen Road Hong Kong Overseas Old British Military Hospitals » BMH Gibraltar » BMH Malta » BMH Nepal » BMH Singapore » Belize Hospital 
|
QARANC MuseumInformation about the QARANC Museum and the Army Medical Services Collection of Memorabilia: The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps has a history that dates back over 3 centuries. Much of this history is on display, archived and recorded at the QARANC Museum. The QA museum was formerly found at the QA Centre but is now housed at the Army Medical Services (AMS) Museum at the Defence Medical Services Training Centre Keogh Barracks in Ash Vale. The first QA Museum was opened by Princess Margaret the QARANC Colonel in Chief on the 22 May 1959 at Hindhead, the Training and Establishment Depot. Princess Margaret was presented with a gold, diamond, ruby and sapphire brooch which was in the form of the QARANC Corps badge. The RAMC band provided a Guard of Honour and their band played at this formal military occasion (cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S)  by Juliet Piggott).
Help Needed: Qaranc.co.uk would like to add a page about the QA lanyard but need some help. Can anyone please help with a photo of the lanyard on the uniform and a photo of just the lanyard? It would also be helpful if anyone can give some tips on how to site and fit the lanyard. Please use the e-mail address on the contact page. Thank you! 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. To mark the final closure of the QARANC Museum at The Royal Pavilion, Aldershot prior to its move to the AMS Museum in Keogh Barracks, Ash Vale there was an open day and fayre on Sunday 20 November 1994. Proceeds were donated to the QARANC Museum Appeal Fund. The museum also houses items for the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC). The museum is open to the public but because it is housed in a secure barracks it is recommended that visitors contact the QARANC museum curator to arrive a convenient time to visit. The contact details are below. The QARANC and AMS Museum is open from Monday to Friday from 10am until 3:30pm. It is not open on bank holidays or at the weekend. The curator is able to organise group visits during or out with these hours. Admission is free though please do consider leaving a donation. Items on display in the museum include:
Facilities Audio tape guides are available to give visitors to the AMS Museum extra information about the exhibits and items on displayed. There is disabled access at the museum though not to the train. There is no catering facilities open to visitors. A shop sells items of relevance. There are toilets available. Contact Details The Curator of the Army Medical Services Museum is Captain Peter Starling. The Curator AMS Museum Keogh Barracks Ash Vale Aldershot Hampshire GU12 5RQ Telephone number: (01252) 868612 The military tel no is: 942295212 There are two websites for the Army Medical Services Museum. The main website is at www.ams-museum.org.uk and the official British Army website have some info at http://www.army.mod.uk/medical/ams_museum/ 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 |
Present Day » Become An Army Nurse » QARANC Junior Ranks » QARANC Officer Ranks » Abbreviations » Nicknames for QARANC » Battleships Online Game » Tank Driving Ministry of Defence Hospital Units » Duke of Connaught Unit Northern Ireland » MDHU Derriford » MDHU Frimley Park » MDHU Northallerton » MDHU Peterborough » MDHU Portsmouth » RCDM Birmingham Field Hospitals » Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility MTF Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan Territorial Army » TA Field Hospitals and Field Ambulances Photos » Photographs QA Uniform » Why QA's Wear Grey » QARANC Beret » Cap Badge » QA Corps Belt » QARANC Officer's Cloak QARANC Events » Army Reunions » Corps Day » QA Uniform Exhibition Nothe Fort Weymouth » Remembrance » AMS Carol Service Famous QA's » Dame Margot Turner » Dame Maud McCarthy » Military Medal Awards To QAs Nursing Events International Nurses Day QARANC.co.uk Info » Search » Site Map » Contact » Military Websites Help Needed: QARANC.co.uk would like you to share your memories of serving in the QA's, your fondest memories of military hospitals you may have served in or perhaps share any photographs and have them appear on the QARANC website. Any thoughts, articles and photos can be e-mailed or sent in the post using our contact details. » Find QA's » Jokes » Merchandise » Pin Badges » Wall Plaques » Fridge Magnet » Infantry Day Experience » Survival Day » Tank Paintball Battle » Spy Academy | ||||||
 |
 |
| © Site contents copyright QARANC.co.uk 2006 - 2008 All rights reserved.
Privacy/Disclaimer Policy |
