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Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital MillbankInformation about the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital (QAMH) in Millbank, London The Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank (QAMH) opened in July 1905. It was situated by the River Thames in SW1 London adjacent to the Tate Gallery. As with other military hospitals built in this era it was constructed to the Nightingale pattern. Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank was officially opened by King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra, the President of the QAs cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S)  by Juliet Piggott).
One of the first Matrons at the QAMH Millbank was Dame Maud McCarthy. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  has a photograph of one of the wards at Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital, Millbank, London ready for inspection by the Matron.
The Army Medical School moved to a temporarily location in London in 1902 from the Royal Victoria Military Hospital Netley and then into Millbank College in 1907. During World War Two the Muster point for Number 3 British General Hospital (BGH) was at Millbank and their destination was Offranville (cited in Quiet Heroines: Nurses of the Second World War  ) by Brenda McBryde.
Millbank Hospital Kitchen Photo The Millbank Hospital kitchen photo below shows the staff of the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank kitchens. The lady on the right of the photograph is Elizabeth Floodgate (nee Axten) who was a cook. Her grandson recalls a humorous family story which tells of her carrying a pot of custard from the kitchen to a ward and bumped, quite literally, into the King who was visiting! 
Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank closed as a Military Hospital in the 1970s and some staff were to work at the soon to be opened QEMH Woolwich. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing cites the date of the closure of Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank being the 2 April 1977.
The QAMH became a training facility for Laboratory Technicians (Lab Techs) and Doctors for the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). This in turn closed in 2005 and training moved to Portsmouth. The Tate Gallery hoped to purchase these Grade I and II listed buildings and they were eventually sold off to the Chelsea College of Art and Design. Memorial Plaque Mill Bank held a memorial tablet to the matrons, sisters and nurses of the military nursing services. This included members of the QAIMNS (Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service), the Reserves (QAIMNSR) and TANS (Territorial Army Nursing Services) This marble memorial plaque was unveiled by Field Marshal Sir William Slim the CIGS. The memorial plaque was dedicated by the Chaplain General in the Millbank Chapel in 1949 (cited in the book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott).
It was situated in the North West corner of the Chapel of the Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital Millbank. QA Memorial Window to Florence Nightingale The book Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (Famous Regts. S) by Juliet Piggott discusses the QA Memorial Window to Florence Nightingale that members of the QAIMNS had subscribed too so that it could be place in the QAMH Millbank Chapel. Funds were raised by members of the QAs and through private donations.
Unfortunately the design was not officially approved by the designers of the Millbank Chapel. So instead a stained glass window depicted the scene of the Ascension of Jesus Christ and the three women finding his empty tomb was placed instead. This was later to be moved to the QEMH Woolwich Chapel when the QAMH closed. The book describes some of the correspondence between the Matron in Chief Miss Becher and officers of the RAMC regarding the storage of the QA Memorial Window to Florence Nightingale. The address was: The Royal Army Medical College Millbank John Islip Street London SW1 If you would like to add any information to this page, share your memories or send me a picture or photograph of Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital MillBank then please contact me. 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.
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