Royal Artillery driver

[Watson]

I am interested in a driver in the Royal Artillery.  He was only 15 when recruited near Belfast in 1814, but was discharged three years later in Ireland.

Is it possible to say, in general terms, what part of society this young man is likely to have come from?  What is the most likely reason for the early discharge?

[MaxD]

As drivers were horsemen, the farm sector would be likely.  Discharge - who knows, injury, sick, fell out with his horse?  Respectfully, the question could elicit all sorts of guesses, wild and otherwise.  Do you know who he was and which unit he served with?


maxD