Looking for more information?
The websites and publications below have been used as sources for the information on this website. They are excellent resources for discovering more about the Crimean War and its veterans who came to Western Australia.
Websites
Ancestry Website (subscription website)
Crimean War [Michael Hargreave Mawson]
Findmypast Website (subscription website)
Friends of British India Society (FIBIS)
Genforum Message Board for Crimean War
Grace’s Guide to British Industrial History
Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels
The Kevin Asplin Military History Resources
The Life and Times of Florence Nightingale
London Times Digital Archive (subscription website)
The National Archives UK Records of the Crimean War
Perth Dead Persons Society, Convicts WA
Roger Fenton’s Photographs from the Crimean War
Rootsweb Message Board for Crimean War
The Sunderland Site (Peter Searle)
TROVE Newspaper Archive, National Library of Australia
Victorian Wars Message Board for Crimean War
WA Birth, Marriage & Death Indexes
Western Australian Genealogical Society, Convict Special Interest Group
Books
The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia, Rica Erickson
Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society
British Battles and Medals, Major L L Gordon
Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887, Rica Erickson & Gillian O’Mara
The Crimean War at Sea: The Naval Campaigns Against Russia 1854-56, Peter Duckers
Grandfather was a Policeman, the Western Australia Police Force 1829-1889, Mollie Bentley
A Guide to the Regiments and Corps of the British Army, J M Brereton
Lags, A history of the Western Australian convict phenomenon, W J (Bill) Edgar
Legal Executions in Western Australia, Brian Purdue.
Medal Yearbook 2014, John W Mussell and ‘Medal News’
Medals, The Researcher’s Guide, William Spencer
Midwest of Western Australia, Pre-1901 Pioneer Family Register, Geraldton Family History Society
My Ancestor was in the British Army, Michael J & Christopher T Watts
The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, Henry Manners Chichester and George Burges-Short
A Superior Body of Men, M S James, Author House (A Google Book).
The Veterans, a History of the Enrolled Pensioner Force in Western Australia, 1850-1880, F H Broomhall
Vigilans, unpublished manuscript by Grant, James Ritchie
Warders and Gaolers: A Dictionary of Western Australian Prison Officers 1829-1879, David J. Barker
Other
Australian Joint Copying Project
Nominal Descriptive Rolls of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Waikato Regiments 1863-1867, Jeni Palmer.
Passenger Arrivals in WA 1839-1890, West Australian Genealogical Society
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents, National Archives, Kew
Surgeon Superintendents’ Journals of Convict Ships, National Archives, Kew
WA Police Records of Service, State Records Office of WA.