“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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