Fellow Victorian Re-enactment Groups
The 17th Lancers The "Death or Glory Boys" recreate the uniform of the Victorian cavalry including that of the Crimean War (1853-56), Zulu War (1879), Boer War (1899-1902), as well as the last pattern Full Dress, as worn on Home Service in the 1890s. The Team can also parade in complete First World War Service Dress
The 1879 group The group was founded in 1998 to rededicate Anglo-Zulu War graves. There is a living history section that portray a company of the 24th Regiment of foot, Royal Engineers, an Army Surgeon, a Royal Artillery officer, Natal Volunteer Regiments and civilians..
The 80th Regiment of Foot Staffordshire Volunteers A living history group depicting life in a British Army Regiment in the 1870's. Based in Staffordshire.
The Bluejackets The Bluejackets re-enact Queen Victoria's Royal Navy from 1879-1891. The valiant sailors of the Naval Brigade played an important role in many of the colonial campaigns of the Victorian era.
The Victorian Naval Landing Party (VNLP) Formed in the spring of 2000 by a group of individuals who had varying interests both in re-enactment and the history of the Royal Navy. The group initially started life as the HMS Shah Naval Brigade, but this was changed to enable the group to encompass the various land campaigns throughout the reign of Queen Victoria.
The Henley Fort Young People's Enactment Society A society that re-enact fort life at the turn of the 20th century using period costume design and props.
19th Regiment of Foot (1st Yorks. North Riding) The Green Howards Members of the American Civil War Society (ACWS), who re-enact the Crimean War Impression. Their site has a transcript of the 1854 Infantry Manual.
Bydand Forever - The Gordon Highlanders Based in San Diego, California, USA.
We had the honour of working with them in Halifax, Nova Scotia in July 2006. I think I still have ringing in my ears from their superb fully working gatling gun.
The RE Living History Society Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We worked with, and were fed and watered by, several of their members at the Citadel in Canada in July 06. The group re-creates the military and civilian families that, between 1858 and 1863, lived in the Crown Colony of British Columbia, as well as Washington Territory. For the Changing of the Guard ceremony the lads present were dressed as marines (Picture on the left, the lads onboard HMS Scott).
Historical Societies
The Victorian Military Society Our parent organisation in which we are the living history element
Rorke's Drift Victoria Cross Anglo Zulu War site
The Anglo-Zulu War Historical Society Formed by a small group of experts and historians to educate, entertain, enlighten and encourage students to further their interest in that most fascinating of Victorian campaigns, the Anglo Zulu War of 1879.
The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966 A brief history of the regiment.
The Crimean War Research Society A society that honour and remember those that fell in the war and to study the war in its entirety - 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.
Crimean Texts transcripts of some contemporary documents of the Crimean War
Other Re-enactment Groups
World War 1
10th Essex Our sister society that portray the British Tommy of The 10th Battalion of The Essex Regiment during The Great War 1914-1918.
The Birmingham Pals A living history group portraying the 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment "Birmingham Pals", which was formed once the city was given the go ahead to form their own battalions in 1914 and was finally sent to France in 1915. Also the group portrays a c.1915 field hospital.
The Wipers March ~ 90th Anniversary of the Battle of the Paeschendale
A site primarily for participants in the 2007 march.
English Civil War
Other Sites of Interest
The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment an informational site for Ex Soldiers of The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) known as the Farmersboys. On their site is a very useful page with Routine Bugle Calls for the Infantry and Mounted Infantry in Camp and Quarters that can be listened to.
Alexis Benoist Soyer In 1855 he invented the 'Soyer's Field Stove' (which the British Army was still using 120 years later.)
War Gunner A website is dedicated to the memory of John Parsons; a Gunner and Cook in the Second World War. In this site you will find War related historical data, war stories, photos and links. Of particular interest to us is the cookery section which has recipes for that are suitable for the Victorian stove.
The Hornchurch Wargames Club An Essex based group that we often work with at shows
Moving Images Communications Film and video library for archival and contemporary footage. Producer and director Michael Maloney filmed the group in South Africa. A sample of that footage can be found on the site and copies of the video Blood Mountain are for sale.
The Royal Engineers Museum One of the foremost military museums in Britain the Royal Engineers Museum and Library tell the story of the Corps of Royal Engineers and military engineering. The Diehard's regularly participate in the Museum's many special events.
JRW Collectables- traders in WW1 & WW2 British militaria
Sir Stanley Baker A site dedicated to Sir Stanley Baker, his wife Lady Ellen and their family. The site has photographs relating to the film 'Zulu'.
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