in Colonel Hope’s Company in the Regiment aforesaid; born in the Parish of Farringdon in, or near the Town of Farringdon in the County of Berkshire was enlisted at the age of twenty three Years and hath served in the said regiment for the Space of 297 Days, as well as in other Corps, after the age of Eighteen, according to the following Statement, but in consequence of being wounded in the left thigh (and being deaf) at Bayonne.
is rendered unfit for further Service and is hereby discharged, having first received all just Demands of Pay, Clothing &c. from his entry into the said Regiment, to the Date of this Discharge, as appears by the Receipt on the Back hereof.
And to prevent any improper Use being made of this Discharge, by its falling into other Hands, the following is a description of the said Thomas Carter. He is about twenty four Years of Age, is 5 Feet 10 Inches in height, brown Hair, grey Eyes, fresh Complexion and by trade a Sadler.
3rd Guards from Dec 14, 1813 to Oct 6, 1814 – 297 days – Private
Total 4yrs 328 days
the sixth day of October 1814
Geo Hill Lt. Col 3rd Gds Commanding
I Thomas Carter do acknowledge that I have received all my Clothing, Pay, Arrears of Pay, and all just Demands whatsoever, from the Time of my enlisting in the Regiment mentioned on the other Side, to this Day of my Discharge.
Thoms Carter
I do hereby certify, that the Cause which has rendered it necessary to discharge the within mentioned as stated on the opposite side, has not arisen from Vice or Misconduct, and that he is not, to my knowledge, incapacitated by the Sentence of a General Court Martial from receiving his Pension.
W May Surgeon Major Geo Hill Lt. Col. Commanding
N.B. When a Soldier has lost an Eye or Limb, or has been wounded or disabled in the Service ; the Discharge must particularly express the Cause from whence proceedings, as when, where, and how it took place. Should any Mark remain in consequence, it is to be noted in the Man’s Description ; the Surgeon, or Assistant Surgeon in his Absence, will sign his Name in the Margin, opposite the Cause assigned for the Discharge being granted, which will be considered as his Certificate of the Man being unfit for further Service, and he will also countersign the Commanding Officer'’ Certificate above. The Period of Service in the Body of the Discharge, is to be filled up in Words at length and not in Figures. Service prior to the Age of |Eighteen, is not to be included in the Statement.
Thomas Carter, Aged 25, Period 10/12, Oxford Mila. 4 1/12, Wounded left thigh at Bayonne & Deaf, Farringdon, Berks, Sadler.