The vision for this blog when we started it almost a year ago was to capture the history of the Corps of which we are all so proud. It may bot be History Today but it is our history one which should be told. The blog was started to capture the memories of the people who made our Corps what it was, is and will be in the future. The memories of everyone in our corps, from Private to General, and all ranks in between. You may have been in for many years and served in numerous units. I was posted to QATC, QEMH, Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, CMH, BMH Hong Kong, BMH Iserlohn, CMH (again for 8 weeks), St. John's Eye Hospital Jerusalem, DKMH, Bovington Medical Centre, HMS Dolphin/Fort Blockhouse, Defence Nursing School University of Central England, and Portsmouth University. Whilst a tutor, I also had several visits to RAF Akrotiri RNH Gibraltar, as well as visits to numerous units to provide CPD Training. The people I met and the memories I made will never be forgotten. I am sure there are people still alive who served in postings I have never even heard of. You may only have served for a couple of years in one unit but you will still have stories of your time in the Corps.
We really want to capture these memories and to hear your stories. So this is a plea; without your stories it is difficult to publish posts each week. This thought may terrify you but I am more than happy to help you if you don't feel you can write a blog. It needn't be more than five hundred words and it does not need to be polished. What it needs to be is heartfelt and reflective of a slice of your time in the Corps. So, please send me your stories to wendy@wendyhjones.com or even an idea for a story, I can help you develop it if you want me to. No story is too mundane; you may think it uninteresting but, trust me, everyone else will find it fascinating. I'm asking you to take a trip down memory lane, think of all the happy times you had, and then share those with your fellow QAs. Let's show the world what QA's are made of.
About the author
Wendy H. Jones served as a Nursing Officer in the QARANC between 1987 and 2004 leaving with the rank of Major. She never went on an operational tour but undertook many exercises as well as serving in numerous units in both the UK and overseas. Hong Kong and Jerusalem had to be two of the highlights. Moving into nurse education, she was proud to have served as Tri-Service Head of Pre-Registration Nurse Education. This brought her full circle to where she started as a student nurse in the QARNNS. She is now an author and lives in Scotland.
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