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