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During [[Second World War|WW2]] a large group of VADs left London who ended up working near the Burma Front.<ref>catblues44. [http://boards.ancestry.com.au/topics.Military.wwii.nurses/191/mb.ashx V.A.D. nurses London] ''Rootsweb Message Board: Military: World War II: Nurses'' 19 May 2015. Mentions the book '' Sister Sahibs: The VADs With the 14th Army 1944-46'' by Marian Robertston. Retrieved 16 December 2016.</ref>
===Records about Military Nursing===*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=72PNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137 "Researching the Indian Army Nursing Service/QAMSI"] (digital page 137?) ''Tracing Your Service Women Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians'' by Mary Ingham. Google Books. Advises that the Indian Army List has some details from 1891 and that QAMSI also appear in ''Thacker’s Indian Medical Directory''.**See '''[[Indian Army List online]]'''**''Thacker's Indian Medical Directory''. For availability , see [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers| Doctor - Lists of medical officers - Other lists]].====Records at the British Library about Military Nursing====
Records relating to nursing at the [[British Library]] include:
*The Indian Nursing Service-Registers of Candidates [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_4-3_3&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/430-432'''] (1887-1920). The nurses were recruited in England.
Other records are listed on the British Library webpage, now archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20180818085807/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service]
====Records at the National Archives====
*The National Archives Research Guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-nurses/ British Army nurses] contains no specific reference to India.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/nursing.asp Nursing Service Records, First World War] allows search and download of information. The records relate to "over 15,000 First World War service records for nurses who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) and the Territorial Force Nursing Service". Some records relate to a period before the First World War but none post date 1939.
