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The Gazette QARANC Association 3
THE QARANC ASSOCIATION
Vol 21 No 1 •
Spring 2024
Colonel Commandant
Meet our new
– page 10
boundaries
Breaking
– page 14
“Charitable Incorporated Organisation” 1163821
Patron
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh
President
Colonel Paul Jackson KHN CNO (Army)
Chair
Colonel (Retd) John Quinn OStJ
Charity Office Administration Manager Tracey Buckingham ARRC Telephone: 01276 421754
Email: manager@qarancassociation.org.uk
Administration Officer
Alison Roberts
Email: admin@qarancassociation.org.uk
QARANC Gazette Editor
Steve Bax
Telephone: 0797 7171138
Gazette submissions: gazette@qarancassociation.org.uk
Website: http://www.qarancassociation.org.uk
Postal address:
QARANC Association Office, Headquarters Army Medical Services, Robertson House, Slim Road, Camberley, GU15 4NP
Diving with
the injured!
in the Maldives – page 24 Duchess of Edinburgh Rehabilitation and adventure
challenge – page 40
Contents
Chelsea Pensioner applications ................................. 3 President’s Foreword ........................................................ 4 Our Trustees ........................................................................... 5 John Quinn OStJ, Chair of Trustees.......................... 6 A word from the Editor ..................................................... 6 Remembrance at the Cenotaph...................................7 Colonel Commandant Andrea Lewis......................10 Breaking Boundaries: Iqra’s story.............................14 Maj Steph Hayward interview.....................................16 LGBT Defence Awards winner ...................................19 Association grants / New Year Honour.................21 ‘Sandhurst was grand and daunting’.....................22 Diving with the injured....................................................24 Welsh Branch.......................................................................26 Children in Conflict...........................................................28 Millbank Branch..................................................................30 Taking the Healthcare Assistant Course.............33 EX ALIQUAM SERPENT sea challenge...............34 Midland Branch memorial visit..................................36 Midland Branch Xmas.....................................................38 Jurassic Coast Branch....................................................39 Duchess of Edinburgh Canada challenge .........40 Aldershot Branch...............................................................44 JHG North casualty training........................................46 Remembrance with HRH Queen Camilla............48 Chester Branch...................................................................49 Scottish Branch ..................................................................50 Mountains and deserts by bike..................................51 Sian Peters nurse and weightlifter..........................52 Maj Alistair Bond career reflection .........................54 Northern Ireland Branch................................................56 Letters to the Editor .........................................................58 Q&A with Linda Fiddy ....................................................59 JHG(N) Remembrance and Xmas............................60 Newcastle Branch.............................................................62 Catching the snowboarding bug..............................63 Remembering WW1 nurse Nellie Spindler..........65 Obituaries and Last Post ..............................................66 Museum of Military Medicine Shop........................75
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