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A hero of the Charge of the Light Brigade is being honoured with a memorial plaque on the 150th anniversary of the Crimean war battle.
Samuel Parkes, of Tamworth, Shropshire, received the Victoria Cross after risking his life saving two fellow soldiers during the ill-fated charge.
A memorial service is taking place on Sunday in St Editha's Church.
Hundreds of troops died in the 1854 blunder, which saw 650 cavalry ride into a hail of Russian bullets.
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Samuel Parkes, of Tamworth, Shropshire, received the Victoria Cross after risking his life saving two fellow soldiers during the ill-fated charge.
A memorial service is taking place on Sunday in St Editha's Church.
Hundreds of troops died in the 1854 blunder, which saw 650 cavalry ride into a hail of Russian bullets.
BBC Read More
Samual parks V.C.
