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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. Listen to the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps March Past - Grey And Scarlet - for free by Clicking Here 
and then click on preview. There is also the opportunity to buy an MP3 download for Grey and Scarlet, performed by the RAMC Band for only 69 pence.
Women In The War Zone Women in the War Zone: Hospital Service in the First World War  by Anne Powell is a collection of first hand accounts from the war diaries, memoires, papers and letters from women who nursed in casualty clearing stations, dressing stations, hospitals, barges, trains, ships and ambulances during the First World War. For example the war diary of QA Miss Mildred Rees describes her time aboard No 4 Ambulance Flotilla Barge during the Somme in France whilst the accounts of QAIMNS Nursing Sister Ida Jefferson comes from her time at Basra in Mesopotamia.
This wonderful book brings together over 60 accounts in one readily accessible resource not just from QAs but also the other women who nursed in the war zones during WWI such as British Red Cross, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps (FANYs), St John's Ambulance Brigade, Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS), Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) and the Women's Hospital Corps in countries such as Serbia, Poland, Russia, Belgium, France, Dardanelles, Corsica, Italy and Romania. Common experiences include coping with bombardments, shortages of food and water, caring for wounded men straight from the battlefield who were mudded and crawling with lice, dealing with live weapons, lack of sanitation, minimum staff and little sleep and having to nurse in the dark or by torchlight. Women in the War Zone has a history of the introduction of women doctors to the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) where they served in countries ranging from Solonika, Egypt, India and Malta as well as an extensive history of the Army Nursing Service. Anne Powell guides the reader through the history of the Great War through these narratives which bring to life the emotions and feelings of military nurses who bore so much and still showed great compassion and bravery. Buy Now with free delivery available.
View British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. 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. 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.
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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 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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