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Transcript of a letter sent by Thomas Neville to his sister Amy Jacobs in Brentford shortly after the Battle of Waterloo, 1815
Bruxelles August 5th 1815Dear Sister,
I receved your letter Dated the 2lth of July and was
Very Happy to hear You are all well witch I hope
these Few Lines will find You as before as to my
parte thank God I am in Good Health But have bign
under very heavy Suffering of my wound But I hope
the moast of it is hover Dear Sisters you may
Depend upon it I have indured a very Grate Payn witch
I leave you to gess for the Ball Struck me Jest
below the Knee witch blode away the Main bone of
My Leg witch I Laid 4 days to have it cutt of
But after that the Did not think More to do it
but have bign trying Experyments with it and
have taken out 40 bits of boan witch I have not
bign moved from my bed never Since but I hope all
Danger past for I was Very mutch afraid at one
time I Should Loose it I Might only Pray to God
he as kepe me from sickness or I never Could have
bore it for having a Good State of Helth or I Must
have bign a dead Man for this weather is very trying
as numbers Died as have little or no wounds Dear Sisters
thear is some of ower wounded men is come home
witch one time I Did think of Sending My watch
and watt little Property I had but if I had
it would have bign 10 to one that You add ever
add Gott it for I Did not no any Proper Directions
to Give im but I hope in the next Letter you will
Lett me noe weather you have Seen any one
for I tould one to Call at Your House as well as I could
Direct im. Dear Sister you will Give my Love to
My Mother Liquise to my Sisters and brother and
to Caution my Brothers never to think of Dowing
the Like that I have Dun but content there
Selves at home I did think at one time that there
was no ball made to hitt me of all the Battles
and Scerminges thatt I have bign in then Catched
me at Last witch makes me an old man and
a cripple witch now ought to be in the
Bloom of my Prime and now I shall be a
Cripple Duering the Remainder of my Life
and I hope this will be a warning to them and
not to followe my Example but I hope
to See you all in England in the corse of a little
wile But time and patients will Bring all things
Dear Mother Sisters and Brothers I Gives My
Love to you all and if aneything should appen
for the worst I will Send you word without
Delay so God Bless You all and I hope You
will make you selves happy and comfortable
So no more at Preasant but Remain your and
our dutifull Brother Thomas Neville
Sergt in the 15th ov Korps
Hussars
The letter is addressed:
For Mrs Jacobs Near
the Half Acre Old
Brentford
England
and is date stamped 4 o’ clock 11 AU 1815 EV
Published June 2006