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.
