Col Commandant - Col Andrea Lewis RRC 

We are delighted to announce that Andrea Lewis RRC has assumed the appointment as Colonel Commandant QARANC. We welcome Col Andrea and look forward to working with her on both Corps and Association business.

Since leaving the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) in June 2017, Col (Rtd) Andrea Lewis RRC has had a career within the NHS. She is currently Chief Nurse at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust and takes up her new appointment as Regional Chief Nurse South East England, in Aug 2023.

Andrea joined the QARANC in January 1994 as a newly qualified Nurse as Private Soldier. She then commissioned in Oct 1996 and during her Army career has undertaken various Clinical and Command and Staff roles. She has deployed with Field Hospitals to Bosnia, Iraq and latterly was Commanding Officer of the UK Military Hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan as Commanding Officer of 22 Field Hospital. Andrea now lives in Camberley and is married to Russell Lewis MC (Parachute Regiment) who is an Ex-Regular Officer and now a Reservist who is currently Chief of Staff for an NHS Trust. She has a 13 year old daughter Sophie who attends Farnborough Hill School for Girls. Andrea has a BSc in Infection Control and MSc in Healthcare Management and Policy and completed the NHS Leadership Academy Director’s Programme on leaving the Army.


We would like to thank Col Carol Kefford OBE for her outstanding work and support during her tenure. Good luck Col Carol and please do not be a stranger; we look forward to seeing you at future events.