Drone_pilot
08-09-07, 19:38
The grave of a soldier who won the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the
Crimean War has been dedicated in a ceremony in Nottingham.
Campaigners have worked for two years to raise £1,200 to get a headstone
for Pte Robert Humpston.
He was buried in a pauper's grave in Nottingham in 1884.
Derby-born Pte Humpston was 23 years old when he won the Victoria Cross
in 1855 for capturing a Russian rifle pit near Sebastopol.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6985303.stm)
Crimean War has been dedicated in a ceremony in Nottingham.
Campaigners have worked for two years to raise £1,200 to get a headstone
for Pte Robert Humpston.
He was buried in a pauper's grave in Nottingham in 1884.
Derby-born Pte Humpston was 23 years old when he won the Victoria Cross
in 1855 for capturing a Russian rifle pit near Sebastopol.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6985303.stm)