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Queen Alexandra's Medical Nursing Service India
Queen Alexandra's Medical Nursing Service India
The Indian Nursing Service for the British Army in India was founded in 1888, when Miss Catharine Loch and five sisters went to Rawalpindi and Miss Oxley and three sisters went to Bangalore. Nurses were recruited in England. By 1893 the number had risen to 52, working at main Stations throughout India, with two or three Sisters at each, and sometimes working singly. Although their duties were intended to be of a supervisory nature, the lack of any dedicated corps of medical orderlies in India resulted in long and arduous working hours, assisted only by native servants, and untrained regimental orderlies. Both the climate and disease caused the breakdown in health, and lifelong debility for many who lived and worked in India during this period, despite this, the Indian Nursing Service was popular, and never lacked applicants. The service became known as Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India in 1903 and rose slowly to a total of ninety-one. Surviving records for these women are held at the British Library, comprising application papers, letters from referees and indexed ledgers of those both accepted and refused. The service and postings of those who succeeded can be traced through the Indian Army List. Seventeen members of the Indian Nursing Service served on the Western Front and in Mesopotamia during the Great War See also https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Nurse#Military_Nurses_in_India and http://www.qaranc.co.uk/queen-alexandras-imperial-military-nursing-service-for-india.php and http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/8.html Imperial Nursing Service India and Nursing Service India included
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