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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

"QAs" redirects here. For other uses, see QA (disambiguation) and QAS (disambiguation).

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Cap Badge of the QARANC
Active1949 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleMedical support
Part ofArmy Medical Services
Garrison/HQStaff College, Camberley
Nickname(s)The QAs
Motto(s)Sub cruce candida
(Under the White Cross)
MarchQuick: Grey and Scarlet[1]
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefThe Duchess of Edinburgh
Chief Nursing Officer (Army)Colonel Paul Jackson
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
War memorial in Kilkenny, Ireland, listing Matron Elizabeth Kelly Parker (QAIMNS) among First World War deaths; she died of illness contracted while serving in Egypt in 1916.[2]

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.

  1. ^ "Grey and Scarlet – The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Quick March" (PDF).
  2. ^ Morley, James. "Matron Elizabeth Kelly Parker Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Died Monday 16 October 1916". A Street Near You.

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