James Bayes, 'Nell Butler was the Front Line "Florence Nightingale"' Portsmouth Evening News, 3 May 1963, PP. 20–1.
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Nell Butler (1830–1909) was married to Private Michael Butler, a soldier in the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot. As with the Kerwin and Evans interviews, her account highlights how fortuitous work opportunities were for wives in the Crimea, and the extreme privations they suffered. The 95th Regiment arrived in the East in spring 1854 and fought in the battles of the autumn, suffering very heavy casualties. By the Battle of Inkerman in November, the regiment had only 443 officers and men left,