Crimean War Research Society
Our Society has two main aims. Firstly, to honour and remember those that fell in the war. Secondly, to study the war in its entirety: to educate about the war; to preserve and promote the availability of contemporary documents; to preserve and publish personal histories and diaries; to record memorials, monuments and relics, and through our journal, The War Correspondent, to provide a medium for the publication of original research, analysis and comment about all aspects of the conflict.
From mainstream topics like the deaths from disease in the Crimea and the naval confrontation in the Baltic to little–known aspects of the war such as the British Army's refusal to deploy poison gas at Sevastopol, and the naval actions in the Pacific and White Sea. Scaling the Heights of the Alma; The Charge of the Light Brigade; Inkerman – the Soldier's Battle; Florence Nightingale; the Fall of Sevastopol; the incompetence of those in command; the endurance of the ordinary soldier; the Great Storm; the political wrangles in Constantinople, Vienna, Paris and London; the newspaper reporting and the new-fangled telegraph; the uniforms and the arms; the soldiers, sailors, camp-followers, spectators, businessmen and politicians; the effect on the military, industry and the man in the street; all of these and more are examined by the Crimean War Research Society.
The CWRS has members, both professional and amateur historians, who have done much research into particular subjects: the Heavy Brigade; the battle of Sinope; the fighting in the Danubian states; what happended at Hangö; the Russian nurses in Sevastopol; advances in steam technology; the British Commissariat; “infernal machines”; the siege of Kars and the fighting in the Transcaucasus; the lives of the generals and admirals; the foreign legions; the effect of the war on the Ottoman Empire and society; family history and the later lives of survivors; death rates from tuberculosis among those who served with the naval brigade; Mary Jane Seacole; the Victoria Cross… to name just a few!
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The Crimean 'Info-net'
Membership of the Society gives you access to hundreds of other researchers and students of the period; each with their own specialist interests and knowledge. Many are keen to assist in the researches of others, knowing that it might soon be their turn to be faced with an apparently insoluble problem. The Society is proud to number many leading historians amongst its members, and to publish their articles in the War Correspondent... When you have joined the Society we hope you will also sign up for our online Members' Area to take advantage of our database of special interests, help offered and quick look-up of other members. There are two 'blogs' you can follow as well: one for updates to this site, and one for forthcoming events, both available from the lefthand navigation column.
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Consolidated 'Crimean War' alerts feed – A filtered mashed-up feed of multiple Crimean War related stories. Quite a lot of nonsense, but scrolling will reveal some gems! To get the RSS feed, click this button:
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AT LAST ! CWP's GENERAL ORDERS CD !
“It has been a 12 year slog with intervals of blind alleys and sheer frustration at times, but now it is done!” says Bill Curtis who has doggedly borne the brunt of the work and CWP are greatly indebted to him. The result is that the General Orders compilation on CD is now up and running and available to buy online at Crimean War Publishers.
 Whatever the disasters, whatever the successes, the day to day administration of an Army must continue. On this CD-ROM you will find searchable transcripts and facsimiles of the daily orders issued to the British Army of the East from the moment that Lord Raglan arrived in Constantinople to the date, more than two years later, when all but a handful of the British forces had left the Crimea for good. These 'General Orders' cover everything from praise for gallant conduct in battle to courts martial; from regimental appointments to warnings about charcoal stoves. This is the ultimate resource for the historian seeking to understand how the Crimean Army functioned. In addition, many thousands of individuals - men as well as officers - are mentioned by name, providing an invaluable reference for the family historian or medal collector.
Every single page has been scanned or photographed and is shown 'as is'. The important work has been the transcription of all this into a single searchable text file (some 850 pages). From that you will, if you wish, be able to turn to the actual scan of the original printing. The CD ROM contains all the images of the pages and the text as .doc, .rtf and .pdf files and the navigation is by simple html which will work in your browser. Price is £12.00 plus £2.00 p&p inside UK and £3.00 p&p for the Rest of the World.
Crimean War Publishers is a syndicate dedicated to the publication of historic documents
from the war with Russia 1853–1856
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The 'Online Books Page':
This is an extremely useful quick reference and index of all Crimean War related freely available books online. We can do no better than quote their 'About Us' page:
“The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all.
The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom, He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, who provide the server, disk space, and network bandwidth for the site. They also employ the editor, and support him in his various digital library activities (of which this is but one). The online books listed on this page have been authored, placed online, and hosted, by a wide variety of individuals and groups throughout the world (and throughout history!).
Where it started
The Online Books Page originally was founded in 1993 by the current editor, while he was a student at Carnegie Mellon University. He maintained it there until summer 1999, with Web space and computing resources provided by the School of Computer Science. In 1999, it moved to its present location at Penn.”
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As with all wars, the Crimean War produced many a good tune!
Click here to play one of our favourites! (The Kerry Recruit)
And here's a Cossack song from 1854 at Youtube...
(Thanks to member Hamish Kirk for the link)
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THE WAR CORRESPONDENT
Our illustrated journal,
The War Correspondent,
is published four times a year, and contains the results of recent researches by our members, many of whom are internationally-respected professional historians. There is now a searchable index of the complete run of the journal and more and more back issues are being made available at Lulu.com
If you would like to advertise, please see our Advertising Rates page and then contact the Editor or Publicity & Publications.
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Our Annual General Meeting, usually in May, is an opportunity for members to meet and exchange views and information. In recent times the AGM has expanded to an entire Crimean Weekend, with members coming together from all over the world for three days of discussions, lectures, and other events, rounded off with a celebratory dinner. Check Forthcoming Events for the dates, location and programme of the next AGM.
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AFFILIATE BOOK SALES
We have entered into an affiliate scheme with the online bookshop Pen & Sword. To earn the CWRS a commission on each book sale, please click through from the link on our page to the item in their shop and purchase from them... Help the Society!
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SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
The Society produces a range of publications of interest to those researching the war: including copies of contemporary maps; info sheets on the contents of regimental museums; bibliographies; medal rolls & guides, and booklets written by members. Most of the catalogue, including back issues of The War Correspondent, is being moved to our online shop at Lulu.com
Please follow our Updates Blog to be first to know what has been moved. For links to our publications for sale at Lulu and full details of all Society publications, and how to get those that are not available online, see our Special Publications page.
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MEMBERS' CORNER
