Re-enacting Queen Victoria's Royal Navy
An Introduction to the Blue-Jackets re-enactment group.
Some information about our group and contact information.
The HMS Alexandra Pages - We re-enact the crew of HMS Alexandra as a Naval Brigade contingent in Egypt in 1882 and in the Sudan in 1885.
The HMS Active Pages - We also re-enact the crew of HMS Active as a Naval Brigade contingent in the Zulu War of 1879.
Information on some of the Royal Navy vessels of the period, especially those whose crews made up the Naval Brigades in the campaigns between 1879 and 1891.
The Naval Nursing Service and the Sick Berth Attendants Branch.
Details of the naval medical branches established in the mid-1880s and portrayed by some of our group.
Life in Queen Victoria's Royal Navy - 1879 to 1891.
Answers to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions at our events. This page will also provide a growing collection of online information about the general life of naval seamen in our period.
This page includes pictures as well as information on the rations, weapons, drill, pay, signalling methods of the Victorian Naval Brigades.
The Royal Marines - 1879 to 1891.
Information about the marines who served with the Royal Navy in our period.
This page gives some details of the military campaigns between 1879 & 1891 which involved the seamen and marines of the Naval Brigades.
The Sea Songs of the Royal Navy.
The lyrics of some of the shanties and fore-bitters mentioned by Royal Navy seamen of the 1870s and 1880s.
A small but growing collection of mugshots and posers.
If you share our interest in this period you may well find these books handy.
The Royal Naval Division 1914-18 Pages.
A new area of re-enactment which we may be doing from time to time.
And finally
The
Obligatory Links Page and Our Webrings
& Portals Page
You can contact us by clicking on the signalman below
(Unless otherwise stated original copyright - Nick Marshall 2001-4)
(current update 6/01/03 --- last update 22/09/03)
(This website was first set up 12/1/2002)