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 |Spring (March-June) 1815| arrived in Flanders| |Spring (March-June) 1815| arrived in Flanders|
 |17 June 1815| Commanded skirmishes as officer of the 18th Hussars, and receiving 'the first fire of the enemy’ on Namur Road| |17 June 1815| Commanded skirmishes as officer of the 18th Hussars, and receiving 'the first fire of the enemy’ on Namur Road|
-|18 June 1815| In [[wp>Battle_of_Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]], Belgium, when Napoleon was irrevocably defeated. Awarded the Waterloo medal ((https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/1085480/lieutenant-thomas-prior-british-army-light-dragoons-hussars/))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a. The Waterloo Medal was the first official service medal ever issued by the British Government; they are now quite valuable. Steve Brown, 'An Australian at Waterloo', //History. Magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society// September 2015, p.9. The location of Thomas Prior's medal now is unknown.))|+|18 June 1815| In [[wp>Battle_of_Waterloo|Battle of Waterloo]], Belgium, when Napoleon was irrevocably defeated. Awarded the Waterloo medal ((https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/1085480/lieutenant-thomas-prior-british-army-light-dragoons-hussars/))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, Rosa Praed Papers, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, MSOM64-01, Box 10/7/1a. The Waterloo Medal was the first official service medal ever issued by the British Government; they are now quite valuable. Steve Brown, 'An Australian at Waterloo', //History. Magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society// September 2015, p.9. The location of Thomas Prior's medal now is unknown.))|
 |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 after a fight with an anti-English French actor at the Boulogne Theatre, losing 6 months Army and Regimental rank((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))| |23 September 1815| found guilty by a military court after a fight with an anti-English French actor at the Boulogne Theatre, losing 6 months Army and Regimental rank((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))|
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