British Army Nurses
History and Heritage of British Army Nurses
This is a wiki for the history and heritage of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps and its antecedents (Army Nursing Service; Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve); Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service and its Reserve, Territorial Force Nursing Service, Territorial Army Nursing Service), collectively British Army nurses.
Much of the information in the wiki was based on my prosopography of nurses in the Boer War. This was expanded to include nurses who may have been Army nurses before the Boer War, and also the impact of Boer War veterans on nursing in WW1. Over time it has become a general repository for information about British Army Nurses.
I am always happy to accept contributions. Please contact me if you would like anything adding to the site or if you are interested in expanding the wiki.
Work in Progress
This site is very much a work in progress with files and sections being consolidated here from other sites and archive materials. I am currently transferring the pages that make up the sections on the Boer War, Researching Army Nurses, and Reports from nurses in 1919, and these should be in place by the end of of the year.
Categories
Like all wiki based sites, the pages on individual nurses are allocated into 1 or more categories. These are listed below. You can also use the search facility to find pages you might be interested in.
Abbreviations of Service used throughout the wiki
- ANS: Army Nursing Service
- PCANSR (Princess Christian’s Army Nursing Service (Reserve)
- QAIMNS: Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
- QAIMNS(R): Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)
- QARANC: Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
- TANS: Territorial Army Nursing Service
- TFNS: Territorial Force Nursing Service
