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Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Nursing Service
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service was formed in 1902 under the patronage of Queen Alexandra to provide nursing care to those who served in the Royal Navy.
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Nursing Sister. Mary Kathleen Spiers HMS Glendower Mary Spiers was a SRN at Middlesex Hospital and began her training in late Summer 1940. Her training included time with the war blinded at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. In May 1944 she was sent with other nurses to establish a Casualty Clearing Station in Portsmouth. The Clearing Station became operational on D-Day.
She recalled that British casualties had hand-written histories; the American had typed notes - written by clerks initially in shell holes on Omaha beach! Later she was seconded to the Navy, and eventually became permanent rather than wartime with QARNNS. She was briefly at HMS Glendower training establishment, where the VE day gun salute was achieved by tossing thunderflashes into metal dustbins at the correct intervals. She believes the gunnery officer that day was Lt RN Prince Philip.
She was in the Naval Hospital in Malta in 1946 or 47 and was discharged from QARNNS upon her marriage to Surgeon Lt (Dentist) John Miller in May 1948.
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Nursing Sister. Davina "Ena" Finlay Colombo Hospital Ena Finlay joined as a QARNNS Nursing Sister at the Royal Naval Hospital, Kingseat, Aberdeen on 23rd Februry 1943 and was posted to St.Peters Hospital, Colombo on 28th of September 1944, being released from the service on 2nd September 1946.
She subsequently re-entered the service at the Royal Naval Hosptal, Chatham on 14th February 1947 and served until retirement on age on 6th March 1968. During this period she served at Sherborne 1947, Bramcote 1947, Chatham 1949 after promotion to Senior Nursing Sister in Hong Kong 1949, Haslar 1952 where she was again promoted in 1956, this time to Superintendent Nursing Sister, Fleet Work Study Course at Portsmouth 1959, Fleet Work Study Team No. 12 London 1960, Families Clinic, Malta 1965 in rank of Acting Matron and Plymouth 1966 also as Acting Matron.
She was awarded Associate Member Royal Red Cross in 1967 and had the honour of being in the QARNNS party at the annual Armistice Service in the Royal Albert Hall one year (date not known).
She retired back to her native Scotland, firstly to Kirriemuir and then to Kinross, she died in Perth in 1991.
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Nurse Jane Mansley MBE. HMHS Leinster Jane Mansley served as a nurse in HMHS Leinster. He citation reads: "On the 20th of February 1944 whilst the Hospital Carrier was proceeding from Port d'Anzio to Naples with wounded aboard, during the period
19.20 to 21.00hrs we were dived on my enemy planes to mast height. Many patients on our upper decks became very excitable and nervous.
By the calm spirit and keen devotion to duty She was largely instrumental in restoring their confidence. Her example to all was the highest."
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