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Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Cape Medallion
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Cape Medallion
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Cape Medallion

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

Est. 1902
About MeThe history of the QAIMNS started some 12 years before the outbreak of World War One during a time of relative peace in the British Empire. The Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service replaced the Army Nursing Service (ANS) and the Indian Nursing Service (INS) by royal warrant on the 27 March 1902. They were named in honour of Queen Alexandra.

World War I Nurses were members of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) and there were about 100,000 regular and reserve QAs serving in countries such as France, India, East Africa, Italy, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Salonika and Russia.
Jane Forbes
1873 - 1961
Brigadier Frost Pasha
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1838 - 1902
Doll Dressed As A Principal Nursing Officer (PNO)
Aberdeen, Scotland, born 1929
Matron Marget Husband
Struthers, Cupar, Scotland, 1887 - 1986
Nurses' Union Badge
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1889 - 1980
Clunie", Steam Coaster
Sunderland, England, 1853 - 1936
Marion Patterson
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1911 - 1993
Peter George Wilson
Keith, Moray, 1843 - 1925
Jean McGregor Watt
Stuartfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1893 - 1978
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1850 - 1942
Thomas Edward Lawrence
Tremadog, Wales, 1888 - 1935
Sandy Dunbar
London, England, 1929 - 2012
John Lewis & Sons
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976
Patrick Leopold Gordon
Auchleuchries, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1635 - 1699
Sir John Lavery
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1856 - 1941
Silver and Granite Bracelet
Buckingham Palace, London, England, 1848 - 1939
George Shepherd Registered Chemist and Druggist by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1913 - 1985