page_title: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
section_title: List of Matrons-in-Chief QAIMNS/QARANC
hierarchical_section_title: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps / List of Matrons-in-Chief QAIMNS/QARANC
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the story of the married couple Michael Burns and Annie Burns (nee MacKenzie), contributed by their Niece Sheila Burns. Micheal Burns fought in the war and served time and Annie Burns served as a nurse. The items are the Death Certificate of Micheal Burns, The marriage certificate of Michael and Annie, a protection certificate, dog tags of MJ Burns, A Cornwall Memorial Coin of 1916 re Jutland, a leather Cross Badge, a photograph postwar of the couple, a photograph of Annie in a nurse&#39;s uniform, a record of Annie MacKenzie&#39;s nursing record, Annie MacKenzie&#39;s nurse&#39;s certificate 1912, an autograph album containing Belgian and French Officer&#39;s dedications
context_page_description: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps is the nursing branch of the British Army and part of the Army Medical Services.
context_section_description: Dame Sidney Browne, 1902 – 1906
  Caroline Keer, 1906 – 1910
  Dame Ethel Becher, 1910 – 1919 
  Dame Maud McCarthy, 1914 – 1919 (France & Flanders) 
  Dame Sarah Oram, 1915 – 1919 (Middle East)
  Beatrice Isabel Jones, 1916 – 1920 for Mesopotamia
  Dame Anne Beadsmore Smith, 1919 – 1924
  Florence Hodgins, 1924 – 1928
  Rosabelle Osborne, 1928 – 1930
  Marguerite Medforth, 1930 – 1934
  Daisy Martin, 1934 – 1938
  Catherine Roy, 1938 – 1940
  Dame Katharine Jones, 1940 – 1944
  Dame Louisa Wilkinson, 1944 – 1946
  Lilian Hunnings, 1946 – 1948
  Brigadier Dame Anne Thomson, 1948 – 1952
  Brigadier Dame Helen Gillespie, 1952 – 1956
  Brigadier Dame Monica Golding, 1956 – 1960
  Brigadier Dame Barbara Cozens, 1960 – 1964
  Brigadier Dame Margot Turner, 1964 – 1968
  Brigadier Barbara Gordon, 1968 – 1973
  Brigadier Helen Cattanach, 1973 – 1977
  Brigadier Joan Moriarty, 1977 – 1981
  Brigadier Vera Rooke, 1981 – 1984
  Brigadier Rita Hennessy, 1985 – 1989
  Brigadier Jill Field, 1989 – 1992
  Brigadier Hilary Dixon-Nuttall, 1992 – 1995
  Brigadier Jane Arigho, 1995 – 1999
  Colonel Bridget McEvilly, 1999 – 2002
  Colonel Kathy George, 2002 – 2005
  Colonel John Quinn, 2005 – 2008
  Colonel Wendy Spencer, 2008 – 2011
  Colonel Pete Childerley, 2011 – 2013
  Colonel David Bates, 2013
caption: A letter of recommendation signed by the Matron in Chief for a nurse in the QAIMNS Reserve who served from 1915–19 "in Egypt and At Home" (1925)
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