1 October 2016

Volume 34 No.1 October 2016

CONTENTS:

SOCIETY BUSINESS:

From the Editor

Crimean War Research Society (2014) Report of the 2016 Annual General Meeting
(with update) from Ken and Lee Tough

Crimean War Research Society 2016 Society Weekend 15-17 April - a social report from Major Colin Robins

CWRS 2016 AGM (photographs) courtesy of Dr. Douglas Austin

ARTICLES:
The Gift of the Order of the Bath to French Army and Navy Officers by Tony Margrave

Joseph Dyer of the Mounted Staff Corps by Diane Oldman and Peter Conole

A Comparison of a Photograph with a Woodcut Engraving by Dr. Douglas Austin

A Mystery at Sandringham noted by Major Colin Robins

‘Nothing but death, death on every side’ by Peter McAlister

Two Crimean War Revolvers and Their Owners by Alan Overton

Simpson’s Watercolour Image of the Balaklava North Valley (V&A Collection) from Dr. Douglas
Austin

Balaklava in 3D: An Anaglyph derived from 2002 SRTM Radar Data by Dr. Douglas Austin .
Florence Nightingale and G. F. Watts by Mark Davidson

“Friendly Fire” - 1855 Style: The Enquiry by Douglas Austin, Mike Hinton, Tony James, and
Tony Margrave

Edward Armitage, RA (1817-1896), Crimean War Artist by Dr. Jill Armitage

Famous Regiments of the Crimean War: 47th Foot by Major Frank Clark

TRANSCRIPTIONS:

None in this issue

BOOK REVIEWS:

Crimea Sabre—The Valorous Deeds, Scandalous Conduct, and Mysterious Death of Alexander
Roberts Dunn, VC by Pete White, reviewd by Lawrence W. Crider

The Crimean War and Irish Society by Paul Huddie, reviewed by Lawrence W. Crider

MISCELLANEA
Can Her Glory Ever Fade—a life of Mary Seacole, ‘the black nurse who went to the Crimea’
by Jay Margrave (paid advertisement)

1 April 2016

Volume 33 No.2 April 2016

CONTENTS:

ARTICLES
Nolan at Balaklava: Part VII: Raglan, Cardigan and Queen Victoria by Dr. Douglas Austin
Williams at Kars — Hero or Hindrance by John Barham
Richard Sands, 5th Dragoon Guards by Glenn Fisher
David Stanley 1830-1893 by Sue Graves
Famous Regiments of the Crimea (56th Foot) by Major Frank Clark
Officers of the 60th Don Cossack Regiment by Mark Conrad
Crimean History Festival 2015 from Captain Yuri Kulikov
The Staff and Orbat of the Osmanli Irregular Forces 1855-56 by Tony Margrave

TRANSCRIPTIONS
Letters of Brigadier J. Yorke Scarlett (and excerpt from Margrave’s Officers from Tony Margrave)
Excerpts from the obituary of William Howard Russell (from The Western Mail, 16 February 1907
Corporal Robert Shields, 23rd Royal Fusiliers (excerpt from the 12 Aug 1908 BCA from Ian Smith

BOOK REVIEWS
Beatson’s Mutiny: The Turbulent Career of a Victorian Soldier by Richard Stevenson, reviewed by Lawrence W. Crider
Passages on the Crimean War, the campaign diary of Private Richard Barnham, 38th South Staffs Foot, reviewed by Major Colin Robins
Oswestry soldiers of the Peninsular War, Waterloo, and the Crimean War by Paul Ridgley and Ian and Helen Smith, reviewed by Major Colin Robins

MISCELLANEA
Nolan photograph discovered?
The Defining Moments: The Charge of the Light Brigade Ben Macintyre at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2nd October 2015