In writing about the Sappers and Miners in Western Australia I became aware that this was a larger subject than I had initially thought. There are wider topics to consider: the Corps history timeline; the Great Exhibition and how the sappers played their part; the ‘nearly’ Crimean War; the WA Convict Establishment. It also seemed useful to touch on some of the structures and processes of the British Army – medals, courts martial, pensions, records; and other British Army regiments with detachments in Western Australia.
Here then is a list of items ‘Of Interest’, which seems to grow by the month: