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1 July 2012

Volume 30 No.2 July 2012

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CONTENTS:

SOCIETY BUSINESS

2 From the Editor MATTHEW PIZZO

2 From the Treasurer KEITH GOODING

3 Mentioned in Despatches - Secretary's Notes. DAVID CLIFF

5 On the Cover - 68th Light Infantry in the Crimea MAJOR JEFF BENNETT

ARTICLES

6 Turkish Uniforms - Period Uniforms of the Crimean Era: a review/commentary on C.A. Norman's 'Turkish Uniforms of the Crimean Era' CHRIS FLAHERTY

30 AGM Report DAVID CLIFF

32 AGM Weekend Report MIKE HINTON & GLENN FISHER

34 Book Review: 'The Luckless Tribe: The Golden Age of British War Reporters', by Brian Best. MAJOR COLIN ROBINS OBE

35 West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser; extracts. JOHN SLY

36 Would the Real Mary Seacole Please Stand Up and be Recognised? LYNN MCDONALD

38 E.R. Smythe's Painting - The Light Cavalry Charge at the Battle of Balaklava. PETER HARRINGTON

43 Crimean War General Orders - how they were researched and compiled for CD-ROM. TONY MARGRAVE

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1 April 2012

Volume 30 No.1 April 2012

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CONTENTS:

2 From the Editor MATT PIZZO

2 Charitable Status Update TREASURER KEITH GOODING

2 On the Cover - French and British Officers Conferring Over a Map MAJOR JEFF BENNETT

3 Mentioned in Despatches - Secretary's Notes DAVE CLIFF

6 Notes from Crimea - Sevastopol Representative CAPTAIN YURI KULIKOV

8 Where Angels Fear to Tread - Louise is an Oxford English scholar and former TV producer who writes historical novels for Penguin under the name ‘A.L. Berridge’. Here she writes about the process of researching her latest, which is set in the Crimean War. LOUISE BERRIDGE

13 Excerpts from the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser JOHN SLY

14 Sir Morton Peto - Railway Genius and Saviour of the Army of the East MAJOR COLIN ROBINS OBE

16 Queen Victoria’s Heroes, Pt. I - "The medal for service in the Crimea had its origins in a letter dated 30 November 1854 from Queen Victoria to the Duke of Newcastle. It stated that ‘The Queen thinks that no time should be lost in announcing the intention of the Queen to confer a medal on all those who have been engaged in the arduous and brilliant campaign in the Crimea..." GLENN FISHER

26 More Light on the Upton Family Part Two - "The story so far. In The War Correspondent 28/1 (April 2010) Major Colin Robins and two Russian colleagues (“K/R”) told the story of John Upton, a British engineer who fled justice in England to become the builder of Sevastopol’s great dry docks. They also enquired into his family, which posed problems of identity." MICHAEL VANDEN BOSCH & ROGER BARTLETT

33 Book Reviews: Into the Valley of Death, by A.L. Berridge, and Crimean War General Orders: 30th April 1854 to 30th June 1856 - A Crimean War Publishers CD-ROM. Both by MAJOR COLIN ROBINS

34 Book Review: A Professional Soldier, by Matthew Perry. The biography of James Duncan of the 17th Lancers. LARRY CRIDER

34 Graveyard in the Crimea - This image comes from The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (Edited by George Newnes, London), Volume 5, 1893 p.517, forming part of an article about the residence of Sir Robert Rawlinson KCB. The image entitled “Graveyard in the Crimea”is of a painting in Rawlinson’s collection, but whether it is imaginary or not I am unable to say. It should challenge our members’detective skills to discover whether the painting still exists, and perhaps unearth its long lost provenance. FRANK GARIE

35 Proposed Constitution

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1 January 2012

Volume 29 No.4, January 2012

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CONTENTS:

Society Business:
2 Welcome from the Editor 2 On The Back Cover - Recovering a Stranded Horse at Sevastopol; Major Jeff Bennett
3 Mentioned in Despatches
6 Charitable Status Update
6 Army Records Society

Articles:

7 From The Archives: Floating Factories by the late Brian Cook; Major Colin Robins
9 Excerpts from the West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser; John Sly
10 The Location of the Russian Reserves at Alma; Dr. David R. Jones & Manita Mishina
16 Queen Victoria's Heroes, Pt.II; Glenn Fisher
22 Eyewitness Account, the Defence of Petropavlovsk Port, 1854; A.P. Arbuzov, translated by Mark Conrad
29 Devnya Plaque; Anastas Angelov
29 Samuel Parkes; David Cliff
31 Nolan at Balaklava,Pt.V1; Dr. Douglas J. Austin
41 Book Review: Crimean Cavalry Letters, edited by Glenn Fisher; Dr. Douglas J. Austin
41 Book Review: Echelon: The Light Brigade at Balaklava, James W. Bancroft; Dr. Douglas J. Austin
42 Book Review: French Infantry of the Crimean War, Anthony I. Dawson; Mark Davidson
42 Book Review: The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, Peter Smithurst; Mark Davidson
43 Book Review: Seageant Conway, soldier of the Crimean War, Jeff Atkinson; Major Colin Robins
44 'C.W.', Captain Nolan's Friend; Dr. Douglas J. Austin

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1 October 2011

Volume 29 No.3, October 2011

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CONTENTS:

Society Business:
2 Welcome from the Editor
3 Mentioned in Despatches
5 The Cover - So that's what they look like - Russians examining a British prisoner, by Major Jeff Bennett

ARTICLES:
8 A Crimean Visit - Simferopol, Sevastopol, Fort Michael, Alma, by Colonel Peter Knox
10 Firing Line at Cardiff Castle - Queen's Dragoon Guards and Royal Welsh Regiment Museums, by Mark Davidson
12 The Quarterly Question by Michael Tinsley
13 Rifleman John Fisher, by Glenn Fisher
18 Excerpts from the West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser, by John Sly
19 Then and Now - Royal Welsh Fusiliers monuments, by David Cliff
20 Book Review - Crimean Letters from the 41st Regiment, review by David Cliff
21 Book Review - Wynfield's War by Marina Julia Neary, review by David Cliff
22 Captain Turner's Achievement - further comments about Raglan's Knoll, by Major Jeff Bennett
26 A Professional Soldier - Adjutant James Duncan 17th Lancers, by Matthew Perry
29 Death of Lieutenant Henry Sparke at Balaklava, by Glenn Fisher
32 Mysterious Mr. Smith, by Megan Stevens
33 Member Spotlight - Mark Talbot, by Matthew Pizzo
34 Member Spotlight - Ann & Michael Springman, by Major Colin Robins
35 Eyewitness Account of Alma from 'Mate's' letters of John Douglas Astley, by Major Colin Robins
40 James Nunnerly 17th Lancers, by Chris Poole
43 Remembrance: chargers John Richardson & Richard Brown, by John Lester

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Table of War Correspondent Availability & Prices

INDEX	From Vol. 1 (April 1983) to Vol. 31		Price per Issue	Price per Volume
Volumes 1 & 2	1983 & 1984/5	Only available together as a compilation. Volume 1 is 21 pages and Volume 2 is 72, making a total of 93.	n/a	print: £9.00 pdf download: £6.00
Vol. 3	1985/6	108pp in 4 issues, but it is only available as the complete volume.	n/a	print: £10.00 pdf d/load: £7.00
Vol. 4	1986/7	112pp in 4 issues, but it is only available as the complete volume.	n/a	print: £10.00 pdf d/load: £7.00
Vol. 5	1987/8	128pp in 4 issues, but it is only available as the complete volume.	n/a	print: £10.00 pdf d/load: £7.00
Vol. 7	1989/90	128pp in 4 issues. Only available as the complete volume.	n/a	print: £10.00 pdf d/load: £7.00
Vol. 8	1990/1	116pp in 4 issues. Only available as the complete volume.	n/a	print: £10.00 pdf d/load: £7.00
Vol. 9	1991/2	No.1 Apr 91 74pp No.2 Jul 91 30pp No.3 Oct 91 34pp No.4 Jan 92 28pp	£6.50¦5.50pdf £4.50¦3.50pdf £4.50¦3.50pdf £4.50¦3.50pdf	n/a
Vol. 10	1992/3	132pp in 4 issues	£3.00	£10.00
Vol. 11	1993/4	132pp in 4 issues	£3.00	£10.00
Vol. 12	1994/5	132pp in 4 issues	£3.00	£10.00
Vol. 13	1995/6	160pp in 4 issues	£3.50	£12.00
Vol. 14	1996/7	190pp in 4 issues	£3.50	£12.00
Vol. 15	1997/8	200pp in 4 issues	£3.50	£12.00
Vol. 16	1998/9	200pp in 4 issues	£3.50	£12.00
Vol. 17	1999/00	208pp in 4 issues	£3.75	£13.00
Vol. 18	2000/1	208pp in 4 issues	£3.75	£13.00
Vol. 19	2001/2	216pp in 4 issues	£3.75	£13.00
Vol. 20	2002/3	216pp in 4 issues	£3.75	£13.00
Vol. 21	2003/4	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf	print: £14.00 pdf d/load: £9.00
Vol. 22	2004/5	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£3.75 £3.75 £3.75 £3.75	£14.00
Vol. 23	2005/6	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf	print: £14.00 pdf d/load: £9.00
Vol. 24	2006/7	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf £3.75¦3.50pdf	print: £14.00 pdf d/load: £9.00
Vol. 25	2007/8	No.1 Special No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£7.50¦6.50pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf	print: £19.50 pdf d/load: £13.00
Vol. 26	2008/9	No.1 Std. No.2 Special No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00¦4.75pdf £7.50¦6.50pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf	print: £19.50 pdf d/load: £13.00
Vol. 27	2009/10	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf	print: £16.50 pdf d/load: £10.00
Vol. 28	2010/11	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00 £5.00 £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00¦4.75pdf
Vol. 29	2011/12	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00
Vol. 30	2012/13	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00 £5.00¦4.75pdf £5.00 £5.00
Vol. 31	2013/14	No.1 Std. No.2 Std. No.3 Std. No.4 Std.	£5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00

1983	David Cliff
1984-1994	Rod Robinson
1994-2005	Major Colin Robins
2005-2011	Lawrence W. Crider
2011-2014	Matthew J. Pizzo
2014-	Lawrence W. Crider

1 July 2012

Volume 30 No.2 July 2012

1 April 2012

Volume 30 No.1 April 2012

1 January 2012

Volume 29 No.4, January 2012

1 October 2011

Volume 29 No.3, October 2011