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Thanks Geoff..., yes.   However, it doesn't make sence.  I knew about 34 others from his company who were Courts-Martialled, so this makes 35.  One month to walk to Paris while being acosted by retreating French scattered throughout the region.  The man should have received a medal. 

Quote from: Iain... on Wednesday 09 April 25 07:57 BST (UK)

Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 08 April 25 16:50 BST (UK)

A lengthy obituary in the Glasgow Courier:  https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/c79bda55-e72d-404b-8167-31b112eac829

Yes Shaun..., thanks.  He was never out of the newspapers..., mostly court cases like throwing drunken Coldstreamers down the steps of the tavern.  One of the last was when he ordered the arrest of one Coldstream Guards sentry in the belief that he had fired at him.  In fact, a terrorist had thrown a fire bomb over the railings of the Tilt Yard, (near the two horse sentry boxes) and it hit him on the head.  Not injured.  The sergeant of the guard then explained that the musket had not been fired.   

This certainly rang a bell -
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=781377.msg6359335#msg6359335

Lol..., yes.  I published the book last year via the 'Great British Book Shop.'
https://www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/a-sunday-morning-at-hougoumont
CREDITS were obviously given to RootsChat. 

I'm now writing the screenplay, and should be contacting Netflix in the summer. 
Act 3; (the end of the film) has ghosts attending Ralph Fraser's funeral in the Brompton Cemetery.  Two other Scots Guards Heroes are buried there..., and I had been crossing my fingers in the belief that McGregor was nearby.      

There is a burial record for St Margaret Westminster....

  Buried 3 Dec 1846 of Sutling House age 64.

 Tazzie

Wow Tazzie...  Thank you.  I'll have a look.   

Thank you Alan.  Thank you Andy.

Yes, as you say, (Wyndham) he was blinded in one eye during the first breach of the Northgate.  I’ve not looked at the Roll Call, but I’m sure he was with another Company when they retreated from Quatre-Bras.  On the day, he commanded the Coldstream Light Company with the infamous Sgt. James Graham.  Graham was in charge of the platoon that maintained the security of the compound, while Newman was in charge of the platoon that entered the wood.  All 34 Guardsmen leaving the wood (from both Regiments) were Courts-Martialled. 

Andy, very interesting.  I have the Courts-Martial documents, and I’d be inclined to say that with the trial being a scapegoat affair, and only a few days following the battle on the road to Paris, it was probably the first…, a Regimental Court-Martial. (despite RHQ knowing nothing about the affair)
Newman received 150 lashes, (or was that 100…, must look) where-as the two Scots Guardsmen who received a pension, they received 300 lashes each.

The SG Corporal who received 300..., twenty years later, he was offered a Waterloo medal and an apology from his Commanding Officer.  (a miscarriage of justice) 

However, Newman remains a mystery !
(his Coldstream Corporal was the fourth who was found guilty and received 60 lashes)  All 34 were heroes.  A fascinating story.   

Thank you everyone for your time...  All very interesting.
Lol..., I obviously must acquaint myself with Andy’s thesis.  However, it does please me that I’m not alone in being unable to find a photo of a 2024 Almsman.

In fact, thanks to one exceptional RootsChat member, (lol..., of course, you are all exception) she found Fraser’s grave in Brompton Cemetery, and I’ve added her images to my Waterloo book due out next week.  She found it under 160 years of turf.
Anyway, this man is an unsung hero, and ‘The Friends of Brompton Cemetery’ have since created a database for him using info taken from the book.  In the meantime, I have it on good authority that his grave may receive a yearly commemoration wreath, as it’s only a stone’s-throw away from Wellington Barracks. 
I have a couple of friends at the Chelsea Hospital, (a Piper and a Pastor) who (crossing my fingers) may attend, and as Fraser prayed in the Abbey for about 20-odd years, I thought it would be only correct if an Almsman or two were also present. 

Looks like I’ll have to contact Christine Reynolds again..., she’s the Assistant Keeper of Muniments.