1 April 2015

Volume 32 No.2 April 2015

 
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SOCIETY BUSINESS
From the Editor
About the Cover: The Bandsmen by Jeff Bennett
 
ARTICLES
Royal Marine Brigade Muster by Tom Muir
Roger Fenton — a Trail Blazer by John Barham
A Journey to Disputed Crimea by Wendy Leahy and Diana Enser
How and when did Mary Seacole get to the Crimea by Tony Margrave
Sergeant James Scarfe, the Gentleman Lancer by Glenn Fisher
The Balaklava of Balaklava: Sir George Cathcart’s Morning Report by Dr. Douglas J. Austin
Famous Regiments of the Crimean War: the 38th Foot by Major Frank A. O. Clark
 
TRANSCRIPTIONS
Crimean Letters (Brevet-Colonel Henry W.S. Bunbury) from Colonel Peter Knox
 
BOOK REVIEWS
‘The English Prisoners in Russia’ reviewed by Lawrence W. Crider
 
MISCELLANEA
Silistria Fortifications: a jaundiced look at contemporary maps courtesy of David Williams
A Visit to Silistria 2001 with notes and photographs from David Williams
A Belgian Knife-pistol
George Wombwell’s Grave photos and comments from Mike Morris
Russian Conveyances mentioned in Royer (illustrations)
 
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