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THE QARANC ASSOCIATION
“Charitable Incorporated Organisation” 1163821
Patron
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex
President
Colonel Alison Farmer QHN ARRC CNO (Army)
Chair
Colonel (Retd) John Quinn
General Secretary
Sue McAteer
Telephone: 01276 412796
Email: gensec@qarancassociation.org.uk
Charity Office Manager
Sarah Young
Telephone: 01276 421754
Email: manager@qarancassociation.org.uk
Administrative Officer
Alison Roberts
Email: admin@qarancassociation.org.uk
QARANC Association Gazette
Editor: Major (Retd) Alison Spires TD
Gazette submissions: gazette@qarancassociation.org.uk
Website: http://www.qarancassociation.org.uk/
Postal address:
Regimental Headquarters QARANC
Robertson House, Slim Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 4NP
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THE GAZETTE
Vol 19 No 1 2021 • Spring 2021
Contents
President’s Foreword..................................................... 2 Editorial .......................................................................... 2 Report from the Chair of the Trustees............................ 3
Help us to help those who haven’t claimed
their rightful pension .................................................. 3
Trustees and staff of the QARANC Association.............. 4 The QARANC Association –
delivering good governance ..................................... 5 Benevolence and Grants 2020....................................... 6 Serving Members – Obituaries .......................................7 Veterans Railcard........................................................... 8 Association Membership................................................ 8 Colonel Kevin Davies...................................................... 9 Department of Healthcare Education Virtual
Remembrance Service ............................................ 10 Not quite the start I expected to a
Colonel Commandant term!.......................................11 Marie Semple................................................................12 A piper in the Scottish Branch.......................................14 The Florence Nightingale Army Leadership Scholarship 15 Florence Nightingale Foundation Army Leadership
Programme 2019-2020 – my experiences ................ 16 Dates for your Diary ...................................................... 16 Florence Nightingale Scholar ........................................ 17 Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre ......................... 18 Military Assistance Team Task Northern Ireland............19 Bulford Healthcare Facility 2020 .................................. 20 OP TOSCA – Peacekeeping in Cyprus.......................... 20 Annual Continuous Training (ACT) during a Pandemic .. 21 Exercise DRAGON WAVE............................................. 22 BATUS deployment in support of COVID-19 operations 24 Call to care................................................................... 26 Lockdown abroad and on board!................................. 32 Ranges under COVID-19 Restrictions........................... 33 Op Granby – September 1990 ...................................... 34 Op Granby 1990–1991: A student nurse’s story ........... 36 Norah Bryson ARRC .................................................... 38 Museum of Military Medicine Update January 2021 ..... 39 War Time Experiences at 127 Indian based General
Hospital, Secunderabad 1944-45............................. 40 History is a mystery... or is it? ....................................... 41 Corps Heritage Matters .............................................. 42 Chester Branch............................................................ 43 Millbank Branch............................................................ 43 Jurassic Coast Branch ................................................. 44 Newcastle Branch........................................................ 45 Welsh Branch............................................................... 45 Scottish Branch............................................................ 46 West Country Branch ...................................................47 Appointments, Promotions and Awards....................... 48 Obituaries..................................................................... 49 The Last Post............................................................... 55
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