Letter, November 1851.
Sent by Frederick Newman to Clara, whom he is courting.
Sgt Newman mentions that the regiment is due to proceed to England in the spring, and that Clara can ask for a reference on him from Col Lockyer.
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.