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Military Nurse Ranks
I know in WWI, and I am assuming also in WWII that army and navy nurses held officer rank only - referring to the QA's and Commonwealth equivalents. But I know from pursuing more current insignia as well that they now also hold OR ranks. When did the rules change no longer making all nurses officer rank?
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Lifted straight from the QA Association website. As it happens i was one of these non commissioned nurses !
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps On 1st February 1949 the QAIMNS became Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC). In July 1950 the first non-commissioned ranks were admitted to the Corps, and in 1954 the first nurses to undertake State Registered Nurse training within the Corps successfully passed their examinations. However, the QARANC was still an all-female organisation as male nurses at this point, were members of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), and it was not until April 1992 that male nurses transferred to the QARANC. https://britisharmynurses.com/brief-...-army-nursing/ |
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She was given an officer's rank so she had authority over the OR ranks she would be working with. When she came to work in a Military Hospital in Saudi I used to salute her , just to wind her up ! .
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Thank you gentlemen! So it seems 1950 is when the non0officer ranks came into being.
Did she retain her officer rank when she returned home, as it sounds like a temporary rank? This also brings up another question. Are the non-officer ranks still qualified nurses or more like nurses aides? Mike, your comment brings a question. If she was given a rank higher than you, would it not have been correct to salute her? Just trying to understand. Terry |
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Terry, Its more a question of SRN vs SEN where ranks come into question...
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SRN's could be commissioned but both SRN's & SEN's could be 'other ranks' with SRN's attening Senior Rank status in greater numbers, and also could get commissioned later on, this was to give a rank stucture to the corps. Nursing Aids were known as Ward Stewardesses and some admin staff were WRAC
There are no longer any SEN trained. Qualified SRN's were called Professionally Qualified Nurses and did a short military course at Aldershot followed by a short commissioning course at Sandhurst. My wife Ann was Training Centre Sister at the Royal Pavilon at Aldershot and looked after all the QARANC in basic training or on courses (Nurse training was done at the BMH's) She left the Army and became Garrison Sister at MRS Sennelarger coming under 3ADFA for admin purposes. |
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Could you ask your wife if this only appled to female nurses or could male SRN's be commissioned too on entry to QARANC? Thinking about the early 1980's era. Regards, Chris |
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