Letter, 1 Mar 1854.
Sent by Frederick Newman to his brother Charley.
Sgt Newman writes that the regiment is to go to Turkey shortly, ‘I shall have to remain in my present position ... as no discharges will be given until after this Russian affair is over.’
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 (1854-1856).
He died of fever, possibly cholera, shortly after reaching Sevastopol.