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John Bosworth
Military Records

DISCHARGE PAPER (2)

No. 2.

His Majesty's  Forty Eight  Regiment of  Foot  whereof  General Lord Fitzroy  is Colonel.

THESE are to Certify, that  Sergt John Bosworth  in Campbells  Company in the  48th  Regiment aforesaid, born in the Parish of  Desborough  in or near the Town of  Desborough  in the County  Northampton  was enlisted at the age of  twenty-one Years; and hath served in the said Regiment for the Space of  Seven  Years and  191  Days as well as in other Corps, after the Age of Eighteen, according to the following Statement, but in consequence of  Amputated Left Arm from Gun Shot Wound at the Battle of Toulouse, 10 April 1814  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  Serjt John Bosworth  He is about  Twenty Eight  Years of Age, is five  Feet  Seven  Inches in height, Dark Brown  Hair,  Hazel  Eyes,  fresh  Complexion, by Trade a  Weaver

STATEMENT OF SERVICE.

In what Corps Period Serjeant
Major
Quarter
Master
Serjeant
Serjeant Corporal Drummer Private Total
Service
In East or
West Indies,
included in the
aforegoing
Total.
  From To                
48th Regt 25 Augt 1807 3 Mar 1815     314d 1y 31d   5y 211d 7y  191d Dis
                     

Given under my Hand and Seal of the Regiment at Templemore
James Erskine L. Colonel 48th


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