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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. 202 Field Hospital Stoke on Trent, Birmingham, Oxford and Shrewsbury. HQ - Birmingham. 203 Field Hospital Abergavenny, Cardiff and Swansea. HQ - Cardiff, Wales. 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. 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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Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story is also available as a talking book read by the actress Barbara Flynn and Sian Thomas. Buy Now. 
View More 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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