- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 43520
- Description
- Nowy headed dark oak frame holding three cast bronze plaques which carry the polished raised inscriptions. Across the top runs the dedication panel, with the badge of QAIMNS in the central arch, with the badge of the QAIMNS Reserve to the left, and that of the TFNS to the right.
Beneath this are two plaques carrying the names; that to the left headed Q.A.I.M.N.S, followed by a name, and Q.A.I.M.N.S RES., followed by names. The right hand one is headed Q.A.I.M.N.S. Res., followed by names, then T.F.N.S., followed by names.
One of four memorials funded by the Military Nurses' War Memorial Fund (raised by subscriptions) and installed in locations in each of the four Nations to commemorate members of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, and the Territorial Force Nursing Service who lost their lives in the Great War. See WMR 50364 (English Nurses), WMR 8786 (Scottish Nurses), and WMR 83201 (Welsh Nurses).
The memorial was originally installed in the Arbour Hill Garrison Church on November 6th 1921, but was removed to Belfast in 1922 when the barracks were handed over to the Irish Army. Three other memorials are recorded as having been removed at that time: WMR 42340, WMR 111322, and WMR 55145.
- Inscription
- TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED SISTERS/ AND STAFF NURSES OF/ QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE/ AND/ TERRITORIAL FORCE NURSING SERVICE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE WAR OF 1914-1919/(Names)