For 70 years as the QARANC and since 1902 as the QAIMNS, everywhere the British Army have deployed Army nurse have been there to provide medical support. Tonight more QAs than ever were honoured to represent the Corps at the RBL Festival of Remembrance #WeWillRememberThem
This photo is my Great-Aunt who trained during WW2 and joined the QAIMNS to serve during the war in Burma, her stories were my inspiration to want to nurse. To all my female NHS friends who are my daily inspiration I celebrate and thank you today 💙 #internationalwomensday2021
#QAIMNS nurses served throughout #WW2 with the #BritishArmy in Africa, across Europe & all the way to the Far East.Wherever there was fighting, they were close by to care for the injured & save lives.Over bank hol we were at Audley End telling their story, with a focus on 1944.
Today we remember Sister Audrey Mary BLACKMAN, QAIMNS and Reverend James Gordon BROWN, Chaplain of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Both killed while on leave in Antwerp when a V-2 landed at the Teniersplaats on November 27, 1944. Both buried Commonwealth War Graves #SchoonselhofCemetery , Belgium.
We used original photos, first hand accounts & nurses' diaries to prepare 2 displays. On day 1 one, we were in #Normandy unpacking our #FieldHospital . We thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the visitors & talking about the experiences of the #BritishArmy nurses.
#QAIMNS #livinghistory
Audley End And here are just a few more photos to show our display & how we bought history to life for our visitors. #womenshistory #bringingwomenshistorytothefrontline #WW2 #nurse #livinghistory #QAIMNS Qaranc QARANC Assn Official
STOLEN #MEDAL
1914/15 trio
bearing the inscription:
S/N M. HANKINSON - TENS/QAIMNS
Devon & Cornwall Police
crime ref: KH/09/939
Any information to the whereabouts of the medals is welcome, please email [email protected]
The single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the #Commonwealth ,the sinking of the troop ship #SSKhediveIsmail 12th Feb 1944 by Japanese submarine.A story to be told & remembered #womenshistory #WW2 #WWII #WRNS #Wrens #QAIMNS #ESMNS #FANY #WTS #navalhistory
Happy Corps Day! Today we celebrate the formation of The QAIMNS on the 27/3/1902 under Royal Warrant. Later to become the QARANC, the Corps delivers high quality, adaptable dedicated nursing care wherever the Army needs it. Sub Cruce Candida
#Friendship #QARANCAssociation
Just bought these lovely figures from Bad Squiddo Games - Annie! Lovely figures and lovely people! Amazing history for the QAIMNS, which I've never heard of before and perfect for CoC 1940! dunkirk1940.org/index.php?&p=1…
British & American #ArmyNurses washing in field hospitals. The top image is of #QAIMNS Sisters with the #5thArmy #Italy in Jan 44. The bottom is #USArmy Nurses in #Okinawa May 45 washing in their M1 helmets. #ANC #BritishArmy #WW2 #womenshistory #militarywomen #militaryhistory
'Standing Giants' of British nurses Mollie Evershed & Dorothy Field, commemorated British Normandy Memorial in a new installation in #Normandy for #DDay80 in June 2024. Dorothy (32) & Mollie (27) were #QAIMNS nurses on the SS Amsterdam Hospital ship treating casualties from Juno Beach....