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| ====== Thomas (Murray-)Prior's army career ====== | ===== Thomas (Murray) Prior's army career ===== |
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| |Date |Rank |Regiment |Notes| | |Date |Rank |Regiment |Notes| |
| |6 August 1803 |Cornet |{{http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm|11th Light Dragoons}} ((in c. 1840 renamed 11th Hussars, Prince Alberts own. Dragoons and Hussars were light cavalry regiments. Thomas Prior's career in the 11th is recorded at the regimental history, see {{https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/3561/11th-hussars-prince-alberts-own/}}))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))| | |6 August 1803 |Cornet |{{http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm|11th Light Dragoons}} ((in c. 1840 renamed 11th Hussars, Prince Alberts own. Dragoons and Hussars were light cavalry regiments. Thomas Prior's career in the 11th is recorded at the regimental history, see {{https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/3561/11th-hussars-prince-alberts-own/}}))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))| |
| | 9 August 1831 | Lieutenant|[[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]|An exchange with Lt Robert McGregor means that, after previous unsuccessful applications, Thomas Prior was back on full pay((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))|\\ | | 9 August 1831 | Lieutenant|[[wp>59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot]]|An exchange with Lt Robert McGregor means that, after previous unsuccessful applications, Thomas Prior was back on full pay((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))|\\ |
| | 'soon' after August 1831| Lieutenant?| [[wp>Grenadiers|Grenadiers]]|until September 1834 when the Grenadiers 'departed for Gibraltar’((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))|\\ | | 'soon' after August 1831| Lieutenant?| [[wp>Grenadiers|Grenadiers]]|until September 1834 when the Grenadiers 'departed for Gibraltar’((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))|\\ |
| |28 November 1834| Captain|Unattached (to any regiment)|Back on half pay.((__ BROKEN-LINK:[[https://ia801402.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/17/items/waterloorollcall00daltuoft/waterloorollcall00daltuoft_jp2.zip&file=waterloorollcall00daltuoft_jp2/waterloorollcall00daltuoft_0111.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0|Waterloo Roll Call p.91]]LINK-BROKEN__;Thomas Prior's copy of //A List of all the Officers …// with his hand-written note that he was a “Captain unattached 28th November 1834”))|\\ | |28 November 1834| Captain|Unattached (to any regiment)|Back on half pay.((Thomas Prior's copy of //A List of all the Officers …// with his hand-written note that he was a “Captain unattached 28th November 1834”))|\\ |
| |9 November 1834 |Brevet Major((Brevet refers to a promotion without a corresponding pay rise. In this instance, Thomas Prior retained his army rank of Captain (half-pay, unattached) while being a Brevet Major.)) | unattached|\\ | |9 November 1834 |Brevet Major((Brevet refers to a promotion without a corresponding pay rise. In this instance, Thomas Prior retained his army rank of Captain (half-pay, unattached) while being a Brevet Major.)) | unattached|\\ |
| |2 October 1849 |Captain |[[wp>73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|73rd of Foot (Perthshire) Regiment]]|Restored to full pay((Andrew Darbyshire, //A fair slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History group Research paper no.8))((Major Prior's army manuals confirm this appointment, see under [[Books]]))|\\ | |2 October 1849 |Captain |[[wp>73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot|73rd of Foot (Perthshire) Regiment]]|Restored to full pay((Andrew Darbyshire, //A fair slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History group Research paper no.8))((Major Prior's army manuals confirm this appointment, see under [[Books]]))|\\ |