Simon Gardener, the maternal grandfather of Samuel Abbott, joined the 11th Light Dragoons on 2 April 1807, probably in Hounslow, and was discharged, perhaps in Suffolk, on 23 July 1814, because of a gunshot wound. The records show that he received his wound on 25 September 1811 during the Peninsular War. On that date the 11th Dragoons were in action at El Bodon near Cuidad Rodrigo. See the second link below for further details. He is described as a good soldier.
These are his discharge papers -
