Samuel Evans was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
On 13 April1855 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.
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His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Green Howards Museum (Richmond, Yorkshire, England).
SamuelEvans was born to James and Anne Evens in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1821.
PrivateEvans fought at the Battle of Alma on 20th September 1854, was a sharpshooter on the heights of Victoria Ridge during the Battle of Inkerman on the 5th November.
SamuelEvans bequeathed his VC and medals to his Regiment to thank them for the kindness shown to him and his wife in their latter days.
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