Hello , I wondered if anyone could tell me what this badge says exactly please .It is on the blouse of a Theatre Sister in the military hospital in Cairo in 1941 , thank you . Regards Alan
Looks more like a set of 'wings' - do you know where the wearer came from, UK? Australia? New Zealand? South Africa? etc, or which unit she was with In fact if you read the letters backwards they make out the initials 'RAF' TD RAF backwards or from the reverse side
Hello TD, I think you could be right , there are a few RAF badges which look like the badge under the RAF sign. She was born in 1917 and trained in Manchester , presumably in nursing . Regards Alan
She may well have had a husband or boyfriend in the RAF and was wearing a sweetheart brooch to show where he served.
Thanks, it turns out she did indeed have a boyfriend in the R A F who she later married in 1942. Regards Alan
Sounds like you've already solved this, but you could also check her name here https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60423/
Thank you , I did find her registered on nursing records following that link and qualifying in 1938 at Manchester. I am wondering now if she may have been " attached " to the R A F as a nurse and not in it ? I think it might be worth applying to the NA for service records, ant suggestions welcomed . Regards Alan
Apply with the forms from here - or at least it will provide you a starting point Get a copy of military service records or these Request records of deceased service personnel The reason I have given both is I am not sure, especially as she was obviously a nurse. The other places to perhaps try are as you say The National Archives, web site Find My Past or this site although its primarily I think WW1 - Researching a Nurse - Scarlet Finders any of them may also provide you with the details of the right place to go if they arent the right place - if you see what I mean TD Another place to ask - https://britisharmynurses.com/