Grey and Scarlet : letters from the war areas by army sisters on active service has extracts of the war diaries of Nursing Sisters who served aboard hospital ships and hospital carriers during the Second World War. The book The Roses of No Man's Land by Lyn MacDonald has several photos of the Hospital Ship Essequibo and the QA Sisters who served aboard her tending the sick and wounded from Gallipoli. Have nursed aboard hospital ships alongside their Navy comrades.
Though predominately staffed by members of QARNNS and QARNNS(R) - the Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service and the Reserves members of the QAIMNS Other names for them include Navy Ambulances or Floating Ambulances. They have also been used for humanitarian operations throughout the world and are often called Mercy Surgically treat members of the Army, Navy and RAF. British forces have also used them to medically or The first recorded was the Red Rover in 1860 during the American Civil War. These have been used by the military to evacuate and treat army personnel until they could be transferred to military hospitals and treatmentĬentres. Information about Hospital Ships used by the British Army during the World Wars and the Falklands War: » TA Field Hospitals and Field Ambulances » Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility MTF Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan » Ghost Hunt at Tidworth Garrison Barracks » Royal Brighton Pavilion Indian Hospital » Medical Reception Station Brunei and MRS Kuching Borneo Malaysia » King George Military Hospital Stamford Street London » First Eastern General Hospital Trinity College Cambridge » Duke of Connaught Unit Northern Ireland » Italian Sailor POW Camps India World War Two » Example of Mentioned in Despatches Letter » Allied Advance - Hundred Days Offensive » Chain of Evacuation of Wounded Soldiers » NO 32 CCS Brandhoek - The Battle of Passchendaele » Warlencourt Casualty Clearing Station World War One » Find Friends - Search Old Service and Genealogy Records