Samuel Evans
Private, 19th Regiment (Yorkshire Regiment-- Princess Alexandra of Wales Own)
- Register No.
- 391 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Private all Privates →
- Unit
- 19th Regiment (Yorkshire Regiment-- Princess Alexandra of Wales Own) (register: 19th Regiment of Foot) all 19th Regiment of Foot VCs →
- Date of action
- 13 April 1855 on this day → all of 1855 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Crimean War
- London Gazette
- 23rd June 1857 on this day → all of 1857 →
- Born
- in 1821 at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Died
- in October 1901 at Edinburgh
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 13th April 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Private Evans volunteered to go into an embrasure to repair a breach. He and another private went into the battery and leapt into the embrasure, where they carried out the necessary repairs under very heavy fire. Updated:15.1.03
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
EVANS, Samuel. (reg No. 391).
Private 19th Regiment (Yorkshire Regiment-- Princess Alexandra of Wales Own).
London Gazetted on 23rd June 1857.
Born on in 1821 at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Died on in October 1901 at Edinburgh.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 13th April 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Private Evans volunteered to go into an embrasure to repair a breach. He and another private went into the battery and leapt into the embrasure, where they carried out the necessary repairs under very heavy fire. Updated:15.1.03
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