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The '''Queen's Army Schoolmistresses''' were female military [[schoolteacher]]s<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gibson|first1=Clare|title=Army Childhood: British Army Children’s Lives and Times|date=2012|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9780747811244|page=38|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MgnDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22Queen%27s+Army+Schoolmistresses%22&source=bl&ots=KFoFYhskys&sig=PPVfNI-xeYFE81Rvvs3ly1cjYwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU3YWe94HVAhUKKcAKHcu3BPQQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=%22Queen's%20Army%20Schoolmistresses%22&f=false|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reminiscences of a Queen's Army Schoolmistress|url=http://www.richardgilbert.ca/achart/public_html/articles/queens_army/index.htm|website=www.richardgilbert.ca|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> who assisted the [[Royal Army Educational Corps]] and its predecessors in teaching the children of soldiers in [[British Army]] [[garrison]] schools<ref>{{cite web|title=Schooling The Army Children Archive (TACA)|url=http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/schooling.html|website=www.archhistory.co.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=UK|first1=National Archives|title=Temporary Queen's Army Schoolmistresses|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2256089|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017|ref=ED 131/113}}</ref>. They were formed as the '''Army Schoolmistresses''' in 1848<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Maude|first1=C G|title=EDUCATING THE ARMY|journal=The Spectator|date=20 Aug 1942|page=8|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-august-1942/8/educating-the-army|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> and received the "Queen's" prefix in 1928. Some were even taken as [[POW]]s by the Japanese<ref>{{cite web|last1=UK|first1=National Archives|title=Prisoners of war, Far East: Army Education Corps (AEC) and Queen's Army Schoolmistresses; nominal roll|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11604272|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>. They were disbanded in 1970. |
The '''Queen's Army Schoolmistresses''' were female military [[schoolteacher]]s<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gibson|first1=Clare|title=Army Childhood: British Army Children’s Lives and Times|date=2012|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9780747811244|page=38|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MgnDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22Queen%27s+Army+Schoolmistresses%22&source=bl&ots=KFoFYhskys&sig=PPVfNI-xeYFE81Rvvs3ly1cjYwg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiU3YWe94HVAhUKKcAKHcu3BPQQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=%22Queen's%20Army%20Schoolmistresses%22&f=false|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reminiscences of a Queen's Army Schoolmistress|url=http://www.richardgilbert.ca/achart/public_html/articles/queens_army/index.htm|website=www.richardgilbert.ca|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> who assisted the [[Royal Army Educational Corps]] and its predecessors in teaching the children of soldiers in [[British Army]] [[garrison]] schools<ref>{{cite web|title=Schooling The Army Children Archive (TACA)|url=http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/schooling.html|website=www.archhistory.co.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=UK|first1=National Archives|title=Temporary Queen's Army Schoolmistresses|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2256089|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017|ref=ED 131/113}}</ref>. They were formed as the '''Army Schoolmistresses''' in 1848<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Maude|first1=C G|title=EDUCATING THE ARMY|journal=The Spectator|date=20 Aug 1942|page=8|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-august-1942/8/educating-the-army|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref> and received the "Queen's" prefix in 1928. Some were even taken as [[POW]]s by the Japanese<ref>{{cite web|last1=UK|first1=National Archives|title=Prisoners of war, Far East: Army Education Corps (AEC) and Queen's Army Schoolmistresses; nominal roll|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11604272|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=11 July 2017}}</ref>. They were disbanded in 1970. |
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Revision as of 18:25, 31 July 2019
The Queen's Army Schoolmistresses were female military schoolteachers[1][2] who assisted the Royal Army Educational Corps and its predecessors in teaching the children of soldiers in British Army garrison schools[3][4]. They were formed as the Army Schoolmistresses in 1848[5] and received the "Queen's" prefix in 1928. Some were even taken as POWs by the Japanese[6]. They were disbanded in 1970.
References
- ^ Gibson, Clare (2012). Army Childhood: British Army Children’s Lives and Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 9780747811244.
- ^ "Reminiscences of a Queen's Army Schoolmistress". www.richardgilbert.ca. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Schooling The Army Children Archive (TACA)". www.archhistory.co.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ UK, National Archives. "Temporary Queen's Army Schoolmistresses". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Maude, C G (20 Aug 1942). "EDUCATING THE ARMY". The Spectator: 8. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ UK, National Archives. "Prisoners of war, Far East: Army Education Corps (AEC) and Queen's Army Schoolmistresses; nominal roll". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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