Crimean War Research Society of these and more are examined by the Crimean War Research Society." The Society's journal, "The War Correspondent", contains the results of recent researches by the Society's own members, many of whom are internationally respected professional historians. Each year the Society awards the Canon Lummis Trophy for the most original article in its journal. The Society provides expert advice to projects concerned with the Crimean War; these have included Channel Four's 1997 documentary "The Crimean War" as well as books and journals. The Society has a three-day annual conference when presentations and original research on the Crimean War are given.
William Carmichael Russell William Carmichael Russell Major-General William Carmichael Russell (1824-1905) was a senior Bengal Artillery officer who served in India. Born on 11 August 1824, William Carmichael Russell was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission in the Bengal Artillery in June 1842. He served in India during the First Anglo-Sikh War, 1845-1846, and during the Indian Mutiny, 1857. During the First Anglo-Sikh War he fought at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845, and at the Battle of Sobraon, 1846, and was awarded the Sutlej Medal. During the Indian Mutiny he served under Brigadier James Neill at Allahabad, and was credited