NAM.2002-03-167-22

Letter, 24 Mar 1854. Sent by Frederick Newman, Windsor to his parents. Sgt Newman writes regarding the proposed embarkation for the Crimea. 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.

Crimean War (1854-1856)