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'Overseas with the Army. Nurses of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps in the grounds of a Military Hospital in Malta'

Photograph, Central Office of Information.

Three Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) nurses reading.

The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) serve in military hospitals and on British Army operations all over the world. First established in 1902 as Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) (changing their name to QARANC in 1949) they have served in the Malayan Emergency (1948-1962), Korea (1950-1953), the Falklands conflict (1983), the Gulf War (1990-1991), Bosnia (1992-1992) and Afghanistan.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1992-10-144-1042

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1992-10-144-1042