This history of the QARANC records the role that nursing has played in the army from the 17th century until the present day. The author describes the rise of th

‘Remember when you are far away up country, possibly the only Englishwoman there, that these men will note and remember your every action not only as a nurse

Constructed from unpublished official and unofficial documents, letters and diaries of the time, this important volume tells the much-neglected story of the Que