Identity:
Captain Hedley Shafto Vicars was a professional soldier.
Life:
Captain Vicars was a Protestant Evangelical and became a Crimean war hero when serving with the 97th Regiment.
Bibliography:
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, 2004.
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Hedley Shafto Vicars, 1826-1855
Nationality: Mauritius
Date of Birth: 1826.12.07
Place of Birth: Mauritius
Date of Death: 1855.03.22
Place of Death: Sebastopol