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-Service record during the Napoleonic War+====== Thomas Prior'Service during the Napoleonic Wars ======
  
-* 3 May 1811: ‘sailed for Portugal … under Lt. General Sir H.J. Cumming, Colonel of the 12th Lancers’.((Darbyshire 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’. 
-  * 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.((Darbyshire))\\ +  * 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.((Darbyshire))\\+  * 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 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.((Darbyshire))\\ +  * 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.((Darbyshire/NLA?))|\\+  * 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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 +Source: //The United Service Gazette// c. 1846 in Praed papers 10/7/1a, QJO.
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