Middlesex Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars, Yeomanry Cavalry


Captain Charles C Newnham


Captain Newnham joined the 34th Company IY on 10 June 1900 just in time for the skirmish near Klip Nek. In his biography of the 34th Company, William Corner says this: ‘Newnham, the new officer, will be very popular with the men, his attitude is so very considerate and calm. His methods are an intense relief to us all. When he saw, yesterday, that some of us were hot and thirsty he immediately handed round his own water-bottle... The redeeming feature of this march [from Klip Nek] was the unfailing activity of Newnham. If there was a wheel stuck, his exemplary shoulder was at it as soon as anyone’s. Now and then he threw out an encouraging word or a good-natured rallying gibe. We all liked him very much.’ Charles Newnham was from Midlothian but was a captain in the 6th Bengal Cavalry based at Nowgong, Central India. He was an officer in the 34th Company but was recalled to India in November 1900. He had a medal for the Tirah Campaign with three clasps. He was appointed to the Coronation Contingent in 1902. The photo shows him in the dress tunic of the 6th (Prince of Wales’s) Bengal Cavalry.


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