Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ ya na Halifax, Nova Scotia, ọ bụ nwa nwoke kacha okenye nke Captain John Willshire na Mary, nwa nwanyị William Linden nke Dublin. Nna ya, onye bụ onye agha n'onwe ya, zụtara ọrụ Thomas na ndị agha nke 38 mgbe ọ dị naanị afọ isii. O sonyeere ndị agha ahụ na West Indies na 1798, laghachiri ya na England ma gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ na King's Lynn na Kensington. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'afọ 1804, sonyeere ndị agha na South America ma sonye na mwakpo na Buenos Aires. O so ndị agha ahụ gaa Portugal n'afọ 1808, ebe ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Roliça.
, Vimiero, na Coruña. N'afọ 1809 o jere ozi na Walcheren Campaign, ebe nna ya nwụrụ.