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The first QA Officer to be gazetted to the rank of Brigadier in the British Army was Dame Anne Thomson the Director Army Nursing Services (DANS) and Matron-in-Chief (Army) in 1950. Prior to her promotion the first member of the QAs to become a Brigadier was Dame Katherine Jones who held the rank during an emergency Commission (cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott).


The last four officer ranks are for general staff officers and no QARANC officer has been promoted to this level.

It might seem strange having officer ranks of Lieutenant Generals being above Major Generals since a Major outranks a Lieutenant but a Major General is traditionally a shortened version of Sergeant Major General. A Lieutenant outranks a Sergeant Major.


It should be noted that though the Officer Cadet is a rank the holder does not hold the Queen’s Commission.




The first non nursing officer commissioned to the QARANC was Lieutenant Margaret Stephenson in March 1959. Her previous rank and service was WOI in the WRAC (cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott).


For non commissioned ranks of The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps please go to the junior ranks page.


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UK Army Officer establishment figures for the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps for 2004 was at a strength of 260. 2007 figures to follow soon.

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The photograph below shows some QARANC Officers enjoying a visit from Santa in the Far East. Read more about this and view more photos from this collection on the BMH Singapore page.

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Field Marshal

The rank of Field Marshal was last held by Sir Peter Inge (later Lord Inge and then the Right Honourable Lord Inge) in 1994 when he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff. Field Marshal Inge served until his retirement in 1997. Since then no Field Marshals are to be appointed during peace time, though the rank of Field Marshal is conferred for life.

By tradition members of the Royal Family are Field Marshals. This includes Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.



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