Shortly after Christmas 1990, as the old year drew nearer to an end, the shade of a long dead soldier returned to an old house in Union Street, Newport. At about 3am one morning, postman Oddy Lambri was lying awake in his top floor flat when he noticed a sudden drop in temperature. The bedroom became icy cold and a feeling of great unease enveloped him. His eyes were drawn towards the window. There standing with his back to Oddy, was the figure of a man. The ghost was dressed in a red tunic. Oddy could also make out the rest of his uniform which consisted of white canvas straps, light coloured trousers and polished knee-length brown leather boots.

"He was just standing there as though looking out of the window in the direction of a nearby castle. I saw him quite clearly for a matter of seconds, then he vanished. He made no sound at all and I never saw his face, just the outline of his profile. I was not aware of any sort of hat or headgear."

"I wasn't at all frightened - just surprised. I know it was not a dream at all."