Volume 29 No.4, January 2012

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

Volume 29 No.3, October 2011

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

Page
 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

Volume 29 No.2, July 2011

Society Business
Welcome from the Editor, page 2
The Cover, page 2
Mentioned in Despatches, page 3
Treasurer's Report, page 6
Annual General Meeting Report, page 6
The Quarterly Question, page 14
AGM 2011 Photos, page 21

Articles
8 The Sarn't Major's Badge of Rank, by Major Colin Robins
9 Sneak Peak - More Light on the Upton Family, by Michael Yanden Bosch and Michael Bartlett
10 Disorderly Behaviour at Spring Hill and elsewhere, by Mike Hinton
12 Famous Regiments - 72nd Regt. of Foot, by Major Frank Clark
13 Famous Regiments - First or Royal Regt. of Foot, by Major Frank Clark
15 Then and Now - River Alma, by Dr. David R. Jones
16 Eyewitness Account of the battle of the Alma (Pt. I). The Mate's Letters from the Crimea by Lieutenant and Captain John Douglas Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards.  Major Colin Robins
17 Excerpts from the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, by John Sly
18 Then and Now -The Great Redoubt at the Alma, by Dr. David R. Jones
20 Book Review - The Crimean War at Sea by Peter Duckers, reviewed by Major Colin Robins
20 Beggar's Bush Barracks, Dublin, by Michael Curran
23 The Reconnaisance of Lord Cardigan at Dobrudja, by Anastas Angelov
26 Allied Conference atVarna, by Anastas Angelov
30 Location of Raglan's Knoll at the battle of the Alma, revisited, by Dr. David R. Jones
38 Joseph Wilson, Royal Marine Artillery, by Glenn Fisher
40 Last Survivor? (Colour Sergeant James Gray, Royal Marine Artillery, by Dr. Douglas Austin
43 The Last Frontier, from Crimea to Australia. Corporal James Graham, by Peter Conole

Volume 29 No.1, April 2011

SOCIETY BUSINESS
From the Editor
Mentioned in Despatches by David Cliff
Chairman's Return to Bulgaria — a note from Peter Knox
Obituary — Major R. S. 'Bill' Billett — a note from Major Colin Robins

ARTICLES
A "Last Survivor" of the Crimean War — Colour Sgt James M. Gray, RMA, by Dr. Douglas J. Austin

The Location of Raglan's Knoll at the Battle of the Alma by Dr. David R. Jones

"A descendant from a race to which pusillanimity is never attached" - Further Investigations into the Court Martial of Second Master James Dennehy RN , by Tom Muir

Captured at the Battle of Inkerman by Major-General P. G. Williams

A Heroine of the Regiment by Major Frank Clark

Lord Raglan's Knoll — Some Observations and Conclusions by Jeff Bennett

Capital Punishment in the Crimea by Mike Hinton

TRANSCRIPTIONS
The Battle of Citate — from Russkii Invalid No.7, 10 Jan 1904 translated and annotated by Mark Conrad 13
Lord Raglan's Other Knoll — a letter to The Times 22.8.1868 courtesy of Mike Shakespeare
Letters from Captain Archibald Douglas William Fletcher, HMS Triton, from Oliver Dashwood

BOOK REVIEWS
Letters from the Crimea — writing home, a Dundee Doctor, edited by Douglas Hill, reviewed by Mark Davidson

MISCELLANEA
Colonel Ripley and the Enfield Rifle
Admiral Buckle, A Crimean Veteran (obituary excerpts)
Colonel Morris' Home: a note from Mark Davidson
William Hall, Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veteran First Black to win the Victoria Cross
Nicknames: a note from Major Colin Robins