Lots of stories of Nursing here.
BBC - WW2 People's War - Nursing and Medicine Category
On ranks.
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In 1941 badges of rank were introduced for members of the QAIMNS as before this they had been granted officer status but not been allowed to wear rank. Nurses served throughout the war in most areas including the Japanese concentration camps of Hong Kong and Malaya and carried ranks from Lieutenant to Brigadier.
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http://www.historyofwar.org/articles...ns_qaranc.html
Book might be of interest.
Amazon.co.uk: Do English Women Never Cry?: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story: Books: Nicola Tyrer
Also this.
QA World War Two Nursing Quote:
| World War Two Nursing and nurses were then known as the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS). Each QA had an officer status but no actual rank. This changed in 1941 when a rank structure was formulated to bring the QAs into line with the rest of the British Army. For the first time QAs wore rank badges and were able to be promoted and receive financial benefits along with ranks from Lieutenant through to Brigadier.
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