British Army Nursing

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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.

Categories
Era Formation Personal
Army Nursing Service 1881-1899 Army Nursing Service Died in Service
Boer War 1899-1902 (and pre WW1 1902-1914) Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service (Reserve) Awarded the Royal Red Cross/ Associate Royal Red Cross
WW1 1914-1919 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Awarded the Military Medal
Between the wars 1919-1939 Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) Example
WW2 1939-1945 Territorial Force Nursing Service Example
Territorial Army Nursing Service Example
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Example

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