Agnes Reston

British nurse Date Of Birth : 1773-06-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1856-12-24T00:00:00Z

Agnes Reston (nee Harkness, 1771 – 24 December 1856) was a Scottish wartime nurse during the Peninsular War. She has become known as the Heroine of Matagorda, for her outstanding bravery in an early phase of the Siege of Cádiz.

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