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Officer Ranks Of The QARANC
Commissioned officer ranks of QARANC army nurses British army nurses who have the Queen's Commission hold the following rank: Officer Cadet Second Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Brigadier Major-General Lieutenant General General Field Marshall Forces War Records Forces War Records are a military genealogy site where you can find military records of over 3.5 million British Armed Forces personnel cross matched with over 4000 Regiments, Bases and Ships of the British Armed Forces. This link includes a free search and a special discount of 40% off membership offer for visitors from qaranc.co.uk who use the discount code AF40 if they decide to become a member. Search For Free Now. If you like this page and would like to easily share it with your friends and family please use the social networking buttons below: Tweet 
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. Army Establishment Figures QARANCUK 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. For the Other Ranks figures please see the QARANC Junior Ranks page. 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.  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. 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.  View 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. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QA Association website please go to http://www.army.mod.uk/medical-services/nursing/30987.aspx *********************************************** The information request section has moved to the Army Nursing page. |
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