Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC) [????-????]
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Submitted by David on Thu, 2016-11-24 18:24
Name:
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC)
Type:
Armed services
Status:
Inactive
These are the nurses of the British Army. They served in Hong Kong's British Military Hospitals, including:
Extracts from http://www.qaranc.co.uk/history.php explaining the changes in the organisation's name:
- The War Office officially formed The Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) on the 27 March 1902 under a Royal Warrant to replace the Army Nursing Service and the Indian Nursing Service.
- On the 1 February 1949 the QAIMNS became a corps and were renamed The Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps because of the Women's Forces of the Crown Act.
Connections:
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC) [????-????] has member (Muriel) Joan MACLEOD (née WHITELEY) [1916-2004]
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC) [????-????] has member Adelaide Georgina MORGAN [c.1912- ]
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC) [????-????] has member Edith M B DYSON [????-????]
- Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service / Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/QARANC) [????-????] has member Gwendolene COLTHORPE [1910-1977]