Franz, Christopher

Port Eliz+abeth 1st June 1824 /
To /
His Excellency /
The R\t/ Hon\ble/ Lord Charles Somerset /
Governor, Commander in Chief /
7+c 7+c 7+c /
The Memorial of Christopher Franz /
Humbly Sheweth that Your Excellency’s /
Memorialist is Native of Hanover, 7+ Joined /
the English Army August 15\th/ 1809 with /
the Duke of Brunswicks Cavalry 7+ has since /
served in the 1\st/ 7+ 4\th/ Battalions of the /
1\st/ or Royal Scots, as a Private, 7+ Non /
Commis+sioned Officer, and that in the Night /
about the 8\th/ or 9\th/ of March 1814, when /
sealing the Walls of a Battery at Bergen op /
Zoom, under the Command of General Graham /
he Received a Musket Ball in the left Jaw /
and was injured by a Bayonet over the /
left Eye, and that in Falling from the /
Wall he was hurt in the Back, 7+ also /
Ruptur’d . . . Memorialist pas+sed the /
Board at Kilmainham Hospital Dublin /
7+ was granted a pension of six Pence per /
Day, after which being desirous of getting /
back to my own Country Memorialist /
petitioned 7+ had Thirty Pounds Sterling /
granted him in advance 7+ proceeded to /
his Native Country. _ came back to London in /
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August 1819_ 7+ sent in his Memorial, /
with Recommendation from His Royal /
Highnes+s the Duke of Kent relative to /
his Pension, but the Ship in which /
Memorialist came with Mr Bailie’s /
Party coming away sooner than he /
expected, he neither received his Papers /
nor his Pension /
Your Excellency’s Memorialist /
has been laid up with the Rheumatism /
for Six Months past, and has a Wife /
7+ six Children, the youngest only about a /
Month old, 7+ none of them able to get /
their own living, 7+ from the little Money /
he has been able to earn, not being /
sufficient to maintain them, he has /
been obliged to part with some of his /
Neces+saries to keep his Family from /
Starvation /
Memorialist humbly intreats /
your Excellency will be pleased to take /
his Case into Consideration, 7+ give him /
such sort of As+sistance as may be in /
your Excellency’s power to procure his /
Pension from the Year 1819 /
And Your Excellency’s Memorialist /
as in Duty bound will ever Pray 7+c /
Christopher Franz /