Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Medal of Rita Kavanagh Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) silver medal. Obverse: a large "R" in the centre, crowned, and surrounded by the words "QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S IMPERIAL MILITARY NURSING SERVICE RESERVE". Reverse: stamped "CARRINGTON & Co./LONDON" (above the "R") and "B.H.J" (below the "R"). Hallmarked for Birmingham, 1916. Attached via a suspension loop to a red, navy and white striped ribbon, which is pinned at the top. Awarded to Staff Nurse Margaret Mary (Rita) Kavanagh (1889-1971) from Tralee, Co. Kerry, who in July 1916 joined the QAIMNSR at Napsbury Military/County of Middlesex War Hospital near St. Albans, Hertfordshire and served on the Continent, first with the British Expeditionary Force from March 1918 to February 1919 and then with the Rhine Army until June 1920. She re-applied to serve with the QAIMNSR at the beginning of the Second World War and in 1940 joined the Civil Nursing Reserve at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. 1916