Victorian Military Society
The Victorian Military Society was founded in 1974
According to the website:
- The principal aim of the Victorian Military Society is to encourage and foster the study of military aspects of the Victorian era. The dates of study are 1837 to 1914, to include the period between the end of Queen Victoria's reign and the beginning of World War I. The society is principally concerned with the forces of the British Empire and its adversaries, but does not exclude other armies.
- Soldiers of the Queen , is the journal of the Victorian Military Society, published quarterly. It is in an A4-glossy format of 40 pages, liberally illustrated and including a wide range of articles, both scholarly and of general interest, letters and correspondence, and a selection of book reviews covering the most relevant titles for the period. Index of Issues
The journal is available at the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University, England which , according to the catalogue has the following issues: issue 20(1980:Feb.)-issue 39(1984:Dec.),issue 41(1985:June)-issue 99(1999:Dec.) issue 100(2000:Mar.)-
There is a India Burma Special Interest Group which however is not currently (August 2011) active
Articles in the website Archive include
- "'Mountain Gunners' - A Brief History of the Indian Mountain Artillery 1840-1914" by Chris Kempton
- "Gardening and the British Army in India" by Charles Carlton. Originally published in Soldiers of the Queen issue 111. The link mentions the book Hints On Gardening In India by G Marshall Woodrow which is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, 4th edition 1888
- "The value of India: Colonel Chesney's view 1878" by Roger T. Stearn from Soldiers of the Queen, issue 80
- "Why was the North-West frontier of India the scene of so much conflict in the period 1849-1901?" by R.A. Johnson from Soldiers of the Queen issue 97