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Territorial Army Field Hospitals
The Territorial Army was formed on the 1 April 1908 (though known as the Territorial Force until 1921) and included members of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserves, the QAIMNS(R). They were also named the Territorial Army Nursing Service (TANS).
When the QAs became a corps in 1949 members were transferred to the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) and retained their TA status, ranks and conditions. Before 1921 the TA was known as the Territorial Force (TF) and nursing members were known as the Territorial Force Nursing Service. The TFNS were formed in 1908 after the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 was passed. One thing all services have had in common is that they brought a wealth of nursing experience and worked alongside regular army nursing and medical staff. TA nurses continue to work alongside regulars and bring an abundance of nursing and medical knowledge from civilian practice and military training. Many TA nurses are former regular QAs who still want to be involved with the army whilst others are civilian nurses who wish to contribute to the armed forces whilst continuing their regular jobs. All form an important part in modern day military nursing and are deployed throughout the world with the regular army in locations like Serbia, Bosnia, Iraq, the Gulf and Afghanistan. As well as individual postings to field hospitals some TA units deploy at times of conflict. List of UK Territorial Army Field Hospitals and TA Field Ambulances: The British Army Medical Services have active Territorial Army Hospitals that are mobilised throughout the World in places such as Iraq, The Gulf and Afghanistan. Beside each TA field hospital or TA field ambulance is the recruiting area and Headquarters location: 201 Northern Field Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne, Newton Aycliffe and Stockton-on-Tees. HQ - Newcastle, England. Memories of a Nursing Officer serving at 201 Field Hospital Northern (V), based at their ‘C’ Detachment in Norton, a suburb of Stockton on Tees can be read on the DKMH Catterick page 202 Field Hospital Stoke on Trent, Birmingham, Oxford and Shrewsbury. HQ - Birmingham. 203 Field Hospital Abergavenny, Cardiff and Swansea. HQ - Cardiff, Wales. The work of 203 Field Hospital whilst at Afghanistan was shown in the TV programme Doctors and Nurses at War. 
204 (NI) Field Hospital (V) Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast and Newtonards. HQ - Belfast, Northern Ireland. 205 Field Hospital Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. HQ - Glasgow, Scotland. 207 Field Hospital Blackburn, Bury and Stockport. HQ - Manchester. 208 Field Hospital Liverpool, Ellesmere and Lancaster. HQ - Liverpool. 212 Field Hospital Sheffield, Bradford, Nottingham and Leeds. HQ - Sheffield. 243 Field Hospital Keynsham, Exeter, Plymouth and Portsmouth. HQ - Keynsham. 256 Field Hospital Walworth, Hammersmith, Kingston, Bow. HQ - London 306 Specialist Field Hospital HQ - York. 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment (335 MER) are a specialist unit similar to 306 Specialist Field Hospital and their HQ is also in York. This new unit was formed in 2005 from the old Ambulance Train Squadron. 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. 
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253 Field Ambulance HQ - Belfast. 254 Field Ambulance HQ - Cambridge. 152 Ambulance Regiment Londonderry, Belfast and Bridgend. HQ - Belfast. C (144) Parachute Medical Squadron HQ - London. B (220) Medical Squadron HQ - Maidstone. B (250) Medical Squadron HQ - Hull. B (225) Medical Squadron HQ - Dundee. C (251) Medical Squadron HQ - Sunderland. HQ Army Medical Service TA HQ - York. The Real Tenko The latest book about British Army nurses and nursing describes a dark chapter in the history of the QAs. The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the Japanese  by Mark Felton is an account of the fall of the Far East to Japan. It comprehensively covers war atrocities performed by the Japanese troops to women stationed in places such as Singapore and Hong Kong. This included Sisters of the QAs who were stationed in hospitals such as
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View more 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. 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. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QARANC Association website please go to www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/qaranc/9884.aspx *********************************************** Help Needed A reader of Qaranc.co.uk is researching the exhumation of Heinrich Himmler in Luneberg, Germany circa 1945-46. He thinks that two nurses from the QAIMNS attended the exhumation due to the poor state of health of Walter Schellenberg. He would like to learn if any of the nurses kept a diary of the events leading up to the exhumation or sent any personal letters home to friends or family that may have provided an insight into Walter Schellenberg and the exhumation. Please contact Qaranc.co.uk if you have any information. Qaranc.co.uk have recently learnt about two former Military Hospitals that we would like to write about. These are the British Military Hospital at Wuppertal in Germany and BMH Benghazi. If you know any information, would like to share your memories or have photographs that we can use on the site then please contact Qaranc.co.uk A reader is writing an article about the demise of the Military Hospital for the RAMC Magazine and seeks some help. There was, in Kuala Lumpur, a hospital called BMH Kinrara. He would like to know when it opened and closed, what happened to the buildings and the staff. He thinks that Kinrara closed as Terendak opened and that the staff were transferred across to 34 Company RAMC? He would also like any information about the Military Maternity Hospital, Penang. If you can help then please contact Qaranc.co.uk There is a lovely photo of three QA Midwives from the 1960s about half way down on the Royal Herbert Hospital page. If you can help with information about the Maternity Unit in Woolwich or identify the QA Officers then please contact Qaranc.co.uk The BMH Dhekelia has new photos which includes a stunning picture of the demolition of the original building and some staff photos. The contributor would like some help with the date it was demolished and would love to hear from anyone who worked with her relative. |
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