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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
(Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps)
Cap badge of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Active1907–present
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchIndependent
TypeYeomanry
Garrison/HQRochester Row, London
Motto(s)Arduis Invicta
("In difficulties unconquered")
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
Operation Granby
Commanders
Commandant-in-ChiefThe Princess Royal

The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (FANY (PRVC)) is a British independent all-female registered charity[1] formed in 1907 and active in both nursing and intelligence work during the World Wars. Its members wear a military-style uniform, but it is not part of the Regular Army or Army Reserve; members do not train at Sandhurst, nor do they hold a commission.[2]

  1. ^ "First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (FANY(PRVC)), registered charity no. 249360". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ^ "History". First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

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