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This | ==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. | |||
==Categories== | |||
Like all wiki based sites, the pages 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. | |||
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! Era !! Formation !! Personal | |||
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| [[:Category:Victorian| Army Nursing Service 1881-1899]] || [[:Category:ANS| Army Nursing Service]] || [[:Category:Died| Died in Service]] | |||
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| [[:Category:Boer War| Boer War 1899-1902 (and pre WW1 1902-1914)]] || [[:Category:PCANSR| Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve)]] || [[:Category:RRC| Awarded the Royal Red Cross/ Associate Royal Red Cross]] | |||
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| [[:Category:WW1| WW1 1914-1919]] || [[:Category:QAIMNS| Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]] || [[:Category:MM| Awarded the Military Medal]] | |||
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| [[:Category:Between the wars| Between the wars 1919-1939]] || [[:Category:QAIMNSR| Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)]] || | |||
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| [[:Category:WW2| WW2 1939-1945]] || [[:Category:TFNS| Territorial Force Nursing Service]] || | |||
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| || [[:Category:TANS| Territorial Army Nursing Service]] || | |||
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| || [[:Category:QARANC| Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]] || | |||
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==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 | |||
Latest revision as of 06:28, 19 March 2024
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.
Categories
Like all wiki based sites, the pages 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
