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IN MEMORY OF
SAMUEL EVANS, V.C.,
LATE PRIVATE
19TH FOOT
WHO WON THE
VICTORIA CROSS IN THE CRIMEAN WAR
FOR VOLUNTEERING TO GO INTO AN EMBRASURE,
THEREBY RENDERING VERY GREAT ASSISTANCE IN
REPAIRING DAMAGE, UNDER A HEAVY FIRE FROM
THE ENEMY. ON 13TH APRIL 1855,
DIED 4TH OCTOBER 1901, AGED 80 YEARS.
AND OF HIS WIFE
MARGARET,
WHO SERVED AS NURSE IN SCUTARI HOSPITAL
UNDER MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS
OF HIS REGIMENT.
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