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-====== Service record during the Napoleonic War ====== +====== Thomas Prior'Service during the Napoleonic Wars ====== 
-((Darbyshire NLA papers?))+ 
 +The following is based on Darbyshire (using NLA papers?and provides more information about Thomas Prior's service during the Napoleonic Wars. 
  
   * 3 May 1811: ‘sailed for Portugal … under Lt. General Sir H.J. Cumming, Colonel of the 12th Lancers’.((quoting //The United Service Gazette//c.1846.))\\   * 3 May 1811: ‘sailed for Portugal … under Lt. General Sir H.J. Cumming, Colonel of the 12th Lancers’.((quoting //The United Service Gazette//c.1846.))\\
-  * 25 September 1811: in the battle of [[wp>Battle_of_El_Bod%C3%B3n|El Bodon]], Portugal.\\+  * 25 September 1811: in the Battle of [[wp>Battle_of_El_Bod%C3%B3n|El Bodon]], Portugal.\\
   * 22 July 1812: awarded the 'War medal with clasp’ for service during the 1812 [[wp>Battle_of_Salamanca|battle of Salamanca]].\\   * 22 July 1812: awarded the 'War medal with clasp’ for service during the 1812 [[wp>Battle_of_Salamanca|battle of Salamanca]].\\
   * Spring (March-June) 1815: arrived in Flanders.\\   * Spring (March-June) 1815: arrived in Flanders.\\
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   * 18 June 1815: In decisive [[wp>Battle_of_Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]], Belgium, when Napoleon was finally defeated.\\   * 18 June 1815: In decisive [[wp>Battle_of_Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]], Belgium, when Napoleon was finally defeated.\\
   * 18 June - 3 July 1815: Took part in the capture of Paris, receiving another medal.\\   * 18 June - 3 July 1815: Took part in the capture of Paris, receiving another medal.\\
-  * 23 September 1815: found guilty by a military court of ‘publicly berating a French actor at the Boulogne Theatre’, losing 6 months Army and Regimental rank.|\\+  * 23 September 1815: found guilty by a military court of ‘publicly berating a French actor at the Boulogne Theatre’, losing 6 months Army and Regimental rank.\\
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