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Historical UK Nursing Journals Online is a an online searchable database of PDF images showing British journal pages. from the [httphttps://www2www.rcn.org.uk/developmentlibrary Royal College of Nursing Library], then select Archives/library_and_heritage_servicesFamily history/library_collectionsHistorical nursing journals or direct link [https:/rcn_archive/historical_nursing_journals/ rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk Search] ''The Nursing Record'' / ''The British Journal of Nursing'' 1888-1956 image database. There are many mentions of India in these Journals. Examples include:

Female nursing was introduced in army hospitals in [[Madras]] in the late 1860’s, well before Calcutta, see [http://books.google.com/books?id=egysl1oHBI0C&pg=PA73 page <ref> Page 73] (Limited View Google Books) of ''Florence Nightingale and the Health of the Raj'' by Jharna Gourlay (2003). (page no longer available online)</ref>

The Indian Nursing Service for the [[British Army]] in India was founded in 1888, when Miss Catharine Loch and five sisters went to [[Rawalpindi]] and Miss Oxley and three sisters went to [[Bangalore]]. Nurses were recruited in England. (Brief details of the conditions.<ref>''Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914'' by Anne Summers (1988), [http://books.google.com/books?id=cuIOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA114 page 114] (Limited View Google Books), gives brief details of the conditions(page no longer available online)</ref>). The service became known as Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India in 1903, and in 1926 was amalgamated with Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. This [http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/8.html link] gives more details. Select 'British Military Nurses' and scroll down to Queen Alexandra's <br>The Nursing Service for Indian Troops Hospitals was formed in 1926 (Later renamed the Indian Military Nursing Service for India). This [http://www.qaranc.co.uk/queen-alexandras-imperial-military-was a permanent nursing-service-for-india.php QARANC article] (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps) details In the history of prior years from 1916 the Queen Alexandra Indian Government had employed many nurses in Indiaon six months contract.<ref>royalredcross [Norman]. This [httphttps://www.scarletfindersgreatwarforum.co.ukorg/topic/274001-qamnsi-nurses/18.html link?do=findComment&comment=2788124 QAMNSI Nurses] (Scarletfinders) is a Record Of Work in France Of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India during the First World ''Great War and this [http://wwwForum'' 31 July 2019.scarletfindersRetrieved 1 August 2019.co.uk</150.html link] on the same website contains descriptions of the various uniforms worn.ref>

*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/8.html The Military Nursing Services] (scarletfinders.co.uk) Select 'British Military Nurses' and scroll down to Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India. *[http://www.qaranc.co.uk/queen-alexandras-imperial-military-nursing-service-for-india.php Queen Alexandra's Military Nursing Service for India] QARANC [(Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps)]. *[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/18.html Record of Work in France of Queen Alexandra’s Military Nursing Service For India] during the First World War. scarletfinders.co.uk.  The work of Australian Army nurses in India in the [[First World War]] is decribed in :*[https://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2014/10/28/nursing-british-raj/ "Nursing for the British Raj"] by Ashleigh Wadman 28 October 2014 Australian War Memorial website. Suggested further reading includes ''Guns and Brooches: Australian Army Nursing from the Boer War to the Gulf War'' by Jan Bassett 1997 which is stated elsewhere<ref> kjharris. [httphttps://1914-1918.invisionzonewww.com/forums/indexgreatwarforum.php?org/topic/238575-online-articles-aans-australian-nurses-in-india/&?do=findComment&comment=2424827 Online articles: AANS (Australian nurses) in India] ''Great War Forum'' 19 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 201615 September 2018.</ref> to provide “the best most accurate info on Australians nursing in India”.*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20160323003112/https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp / "Reading between unwritten lines: Australian Army nurses in India, 1916-19"] by Ruth Rae. Australian War Memorial website, archived webpage. Describes the 34th Welsh General Hospital (34 WGH) at [[Deolali]].

[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page185-volume54-6thmarch1915.pdf The Lady Hardinge Hospital at Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, [England<nowiki>]</nowiki> for wounded Indian soldiers] The sisters at the hospital , who performed mainly supervisory duties, all spoke Hindustani.<ref> [http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME054-1915/page185-volume54-6thmarch1915.pdf ''The British Journal of Nursing'' March 6, 1915 Volume 54, page 187].</ref> The newly constructed hospital, consisting of a series of huts, opened 20 January 1915<ref>[http://archive.org/stream/orderofhospitalo00finciala#page/36/mode/2up page 36] ''The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and its Grand priory of England'' by H.W. Fincham 1916 Archive.org</ref>, although it appears there had been other hospital facilities from about September 1914<ref>World War 1 document by Hampshire Record Office, page 18 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WxKWaSc_PCYJ:www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww1.pdf+Brockenhurst+Hospital+Indian&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgFWkDLf9DL-5bTbc_6u74NDEx7jkSAhviCa12kF-Xr-stem1EvhtjsnlhyTO-dJWiG6lioQ-fWQHXf3I2lp7U1et0s8fwWfxYysAYst3niU3iFKH4K7Suzv_3luBmsgeIl5ZGe&sig=AHIEtbSAksQdcR43IUI6-utQ9DIJeqqyxw html version], [http://www.hants.gov.uk/rh/archives/ww1.pdf pdf]</ref>, possibly when Balmer Lawns and Forest Park Hotels had been commandeered and fitted out as a medical facility, with temporary structures in hotelsthe grounds providing additional accommodation.<ref> [http://www.newforestmilitaryarchive.org.uk/Site/Brockenhurst/BrockenhurstLater Morant Hall became Meerut Indian General Hospital to provide additional accomodation.html Brockenhurst War Memorial]</ref> The Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers was used from the outbreak of war until the end of 1915, when the Indian Army Corps which it supported, was transferred to Egypt. The Indian hospital was then transferred to Brighton and the Brockenhurst site became No 1 New Zealand General Hospital. At the same time Morant Hall became Morant War Hospital. For more about Brighton, see [[Western Front]].

[httphttps://www.newforestheritagenfknowledge.org/contributions/brockenhurst-a-first-world-war-hospital-village-1914/ #map=10/-1.57/50.81/0/24:0:0.6|39:1:1|40:1:1 Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1914]by Gareth Owen. newforestheritagenfknowledge.org.<br>[http://www.lymington.org/This article contains further links and there are a number of photographs/lymingtonphoto353.html Photograph of the huts] lymington.org. <br>Names of some of the nurses from BJN 21 November 1914-23 October 1915:[http://rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk/data/VOLUME053-1914/page402-volume53-21stnovember1914.pdf 1]

===Second World War===See Historical books online, refer below. 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]]. *:'''Note''', the 1931 ''Thacker's'' is known to contain entries for nurses, but it is not clear whether all editions do so. For online editions, see [[Directories online#Thacker's Indian Directory|Directories online - Thacker's Indian Directory]].====Records at the British Library about Military Nursing====

Other records are listed on this 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.

==Online records=Records at the National Archives===*The National Archives Research Guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=169 British Army: Nurses and Nursing Services (Military Records Information 55)] has very limited reference to India* [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] has contains a database "Military Nurses 1856-19401994" (located in Armed forces & conflict/Regimental & service records). These are five sets of records transcribed largely from those held at National Archives, and other sources, as explained in a findmypast [http://www.findmypast.com.au/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/armed-forces-and-conflict/military-nurses-1856-1994 article]. These include 783 names from Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. (Free to search but pay for full view).*Ancestry, a pay website, contains the following databases, located in Schools, Directories & Church Histories (Search the [httphttps://www.nationalarchivesancestry.govco.uk/documentsonlinesearch/collections/catalog/nursing.asp ?limitToCountry=1 Card Catalogue])**UK & Ireland, Nursing Service RecordsRegisters, First World War]allows search and download 1898-1968 (source: Royal College of information. The records relate to "over 15Nursing, London)**Scotland, Nursing Applications,000 First World War service records for nurses who served in the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military 1921-1945 (source: Royal College of Nursing Service, the London)**UK & Ireland, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military 's Nursing Service Institute Roll of Nurses, 1891-1931 (source: Wellcome Library, London)**UK, The Midwives Roll, 1904-1959 (Reservesource: Wellcome Library, London) and the Territorial Force :[https://www.rcn.org.uk/library/archives/family-history Family History/Digital publications] Royal College of Nursing Service". Some records relate to a period before website includes some details of the First World War but none post date 1939Ancestry databases.

*Mrs. Eve Ross, speaking about her missionary nursing experiences (as Miss Eve Croydon) in United Provinces, 1941-1946 in an [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/e-ross.html / interview] from the Oral History Collection of the [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies]], available to listen to, or read as a transcript. The [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/Handlist_R.htm#ROSS archive/papers/ Archive papers collection] also has 271 very interesting, personal, letters home during that period.

**[http://wwwfibis.searchourarchives.fibis.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=462&s_id=0 Nursing Personnel 1944] photograph**[http://wwwfibis.searchourarchives.fibis.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=419&s_id=0 List of Qualified Midwives, European and East Indian from the Government Lying-in-Hospital, Madras, 1865]*[https://www.facebook.com/fibis.org/photos#!/photo.php?fbid=10151232769742323&set=o.24704988880&type=3&theater "Image of a Qualification Cetificate Certificate to practice as a midwife granted by the Government Maternity Hospital Madras] " to Jane Bullock, dated 4th September 1909(?). There is a statement on the certificate advising “This institution is recognised as a training School by the Central Midwives’ Board, London”. Previously, but seemingly not currently, available on FIBIS on Facebook.

*The kidnapping of Mollie Ellis from [[Kohat]] cantonment by Afridi tribesmen from the Khyber Pass region 14 April 1923 and the rescue expedition which included Mrs Lilian Starr matron at the [[Peshawar]] Mission Hospital . [https://web.archive.org/web/20111103080544/http://michaelelambert.com/main/pdf/The_Kidnapping_of_Mollie_Ellis_by_Afridi_Tribesmem-Michael_E_Lambert%20_C_.pdf Article "The Kidnapping of Mollie Ellis by Afridi Tribesmen" by Michael E Lambert], now archived. [http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/?p=3641 Article from Lookandlearn.com], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/4946412546/ Photographs] from the Illustrated London News (26 May 1923 pages 894-895 ) Flickr.com. An account of her rescue mission ''Tales of Tirah and Lesser Tibet'' by Lilian A Starr, published 1924 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of Indiahttps://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100747 Archive.org]] website.*Mrs Adela Cottle (born Adela Collins) (1861-1940) [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=6395 Victorian Wars Forum thread] dated 1 January 2012. She was active in the St John Ambulance Brigade and the Red Cross in Calcutta, for over forty years, particularly during World War 1 and the post war period. Her awards included [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire CBE], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind Kaisar-i-Hind] silver medal in 1915 <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianbiographic00raoc#page/22/mode/2up page 23 of the Appendix, ''The Indian Biographical Dictionary'' 1915]. Edited by C. Hayavadana Rao Archive.org. There was also an obituary in ''The Times'' [London] dated 22 February 1940.</ref>

***[http://archive.org/stream/britishjournalof61londuoft#page/114/mode/2up/ page 114] mentions hospitals in Bombay , and includes a photograph of Sisters at the J J Hospital.***[http://archive.org/stream/britishjournalof61londuoft#page/142/mode/2up/ pages 142-143] include the award of the Kaiser-i Hind medal to Miss Charlotte Richmond Mill, Matron St Georges’ Hospital Bombay, with photograph.***[http://archive.org/stream/britishjournalof61londuoft#page/152/mode/1up page 152] "Gallant Service in Mesopotamia".