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The collection of pages for individual nurses, which forms the spine of the site, is being added to continuously. If you have information about a nurse that you would like to share in order to help create or develop a page, please use the contact form to get in touch.
The collection of pages for individual nurses, which forms the spine of the site, is being added to continuously. If you have information about a nurse that you would like to share in order to help create or develop a page, please use the contact form to get in touch.
==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.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
|+ Categories
|-
! Era !! Formation !! Personal
|-
| [[:Category:Victorian| Army Nursing Service 1881-1899]] || [[:Category:ANS| Army Nursing Service]] || [[:Category:Died in Service| Died in Service]]
|-
| [[:Category:Boer War| Boer War 1899-1902]] || [[:Category:PCANSR| Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve)]] || [[:Category:RRC| Awarded the Royal Red Cross/ Associate Royal Red Cross]]
|-
| [[:Category:Post Boer War|After the Boer War]]|| [[:Category:QAIMNS| Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]] || [[:Category:MM| Awarded the Military Medal]]
|-
| [[:Category:WW1| WW1 1914-1919]]||[[:Category:QAIMNSR| Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)]] || [[:Category:diaries |Diaries & Letters]]
|-
| [[:Category:Between the wars| Between the wars 1919-1939]]|| [[:Category:TFNS| Territorial Force Nursing Service]] ||
|-
| [[:Category:WW2| WW2 1939-1945]] || [[:Category:TANS| Territorial Army Nursing Service]] ||
|-
| [[:Category:PostWW2| Post WW2]] || [[:Category:QARANC| Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]] ||
|}
==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
*TFNS: Territorial Force Nursing Service
*TANS: Territorial Army Nursing Service
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.

Revision as of 13:43, 31 January 2026


History and Heritage of British Army Nurses

This is a wiki for the history and heritage of British Army nurses and nursing, including 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).

The origins of the project lie in my PhD research, a prosopography of nurses who served during the South African (Boer) War. This work was subsequently expanded to include nurses who may have served as Army nurses before the Boer War, as well as the impact of Boer War veterans on the development of military nursing during the First World War. Over time, the site has evolved into a general repository for information relating to British Army nurses.



Work in Progress

This site is an ongoing project, with material being consolidated from earlier websites and archival sources. Current work focuses on transferring and developing the following sections:

The collection of pages for individual nurses, which forms the spine of the site, is being added to continuously. If you have information about a nurse that you would like to share in order to help create or develop a page, please use the contact form to get in touch.