Crimean War - Last Veterans

Last Veterans

  • Yves Prigent (1833–1938). Was in French Navy.
  • Charles Nathan (1834–1934). Last French soldier, also saw action in Italy, Syria, Mexico and the Franco-Prussian War.
  • Edwin Hughes (1830–1927). Last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
  • Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (1845–1940). Repeatedly claimed that he was a cadet on HMS Dragon during the siege of Sevastopol, earning two campaign medals before his twelfth birthday. This is absolutely untrue, because he was never enrolled in the Navy and only visited the Crimea in mid-May to mid-July, 1856, when nobody was entitled to the award of the British Crimea Medal.
  • Timothy the Tortoise (1839–2004). The naval mascot of HMS Queen

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