Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps

Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Cap Badge of the QARANC
Active1949 – 15 November 2024
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-ChiefSophie, 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) was the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.

In November 2024, the corps was amalgamated with the Royal Army Medical Corps and Royal Army Dental Corps to form the Royal Army Medical Service.

  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.