Letter, 24 Oct 1854.
Sent by Frederick Newman, Piraeus, Greece, to his parents.
Sgt Newman mentions problems with the postal service and the losses incurred by the Regiment due to cholera, he is relieved that they have not been sent to Sevastopol, and has been recommended to Lord Hardinge for his services during the cholera epidemic.
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.