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Flying the Flag at St Andrew Church

23rd March 2019 @ 6:06am – by Lynn Orfanelli
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In celebration of our 75 years, this weekend St Andrews Church is flying the flag of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

There will be service taking place at the church this Sunday at 10.45. Please feel free to join us.

History

1854
Florence Nightingale formed the first nucleus of a recognised Nursing Service for the Army in the Crimean War. Following the war she fought to institute the employment of women nurses in military hospitals and by 1860 she had succeeded in establishing an Army Training School for military nurses at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley.

1881
In 1866 provision was made for the appointment of nurses to all Military General Hospitals, but it was not until 1881 that an Army Nursing service was formed.

1902
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) was established by Royal Warrant under the immediate control of Her Majesty, who had given the Service her name and was President until her death.

1914
Formation of the QAIMNS Reserve and the Territorial Force Nursing Service quickly followed and in the first week of World War I, 1914-18, these nursing services mobilised for duty with the Expeditionary Force, serving through the war years on every front, in every campaign.

1939
In World War II 1939-45, the Army Nursing Service served in every campaign from Iceland to the Pacific, nursing the sick and wounded and sharing the hazards of warfare. Testimony to their work and courage abounds.

1949
QAIMNS became a Corps of the Army and was renamed Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps. At that time the Corps recruited Officers only and was supplemented by members of the Territorial Army and Reserves.

2003
In July 2003 Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex was appointed as our third Colonel in Chief and graciously agreed to become Patron of the Association.

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