Revolutionary Nayden Ganchev

Nayden Ganchev, or Kelchev, was a member of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps, born in Koprivshtitsa in 1849. He joined the corps in April 1877 and served in the First Company of the Fifth Battalion. He fought in the Battle of Sheynovo, where he was wounded, remaining in hospital until February 1878. He received the Insignia of Distinction of the Military Order of St George, Fourth Class, for his heroism in the Battle of Shipka. After the war, he settled in Plovdiv, where he died in 1911.