Private Robert Humpston V.C.

2^ND 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.