NAM.2002-03-167-15

Letter, written by Frederick Newman, to his parents, while on board HMS ‘Simoom’ off Plymouth, in Portsmouth and at Walmer Barracks, Deal, 17-19 May 1853. Sgt Newman gives details of his journey. 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.