NAM.2002-03-167-10

Letter, nd. Sent by Frederick Newman, to an unknown addressee in response to a letter of 28 Oct, possibly the Colonel of the 16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot. Sgt Newman was ‘almost’ offered a Hospital Sergeancy with the 16th Regiment. In the letter he mentions the cholera epidemic in Newcastle, Jamaica, and the conditions and financial and administrative arrangements at the Halifax Hospital, and gives opinions on his commanding officers. From a collection of papers associated with Frederick Newman, Hospital Sergeant, 97th (Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot. Sgt Newman served at Newcastle, Jamaica, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Greece during the Crimean War. He died of fever, possibly cholera, shortly after reaching Sevastopol.