Private Robert Humpston V.C.

2ND Battalion The Rifle Brigade

  • Born 1832, Derby
  • Died 22 December 1884
  • Buried in The General Cemetery, Nottingham
  • Gazetted 24 February 1857

On 22 April 1855, in the Crimea, Private Humpston and Private Joseph Bradshaw, on their own, attacked and captured a Russian rifle pit situated among the rocks overhanging the Woronzoff Road.

The pit was occupied every night by the Russians and its capture and subsequent destruction was of great importance.