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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.))| |
| |30 September 1813| Lieutenant|{{http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/history|1st of Foot, Royal Scots}}(('Foot' means an infantry regiment))| An exchange with Lt. T.B. Wall.((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.)) His daughter Jemima stated that he exchanged into this regiment but never served with them.((TLM-P, Diary, 4 June 1882))|\\ | |30 September 1813| Lieutenant|{{http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/history|1st of Foot, Royal Scots}}(('Foot' means an infantry regiment))| An exchange with Lt. T.B. Wall.((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.)) His daughter Jemima stated that he exchanged into this regiment but never served with them.((TLM-P, Diary, 4 June 1882))|\\ |
| |6 January 1814| Lieutenant| [[wp>13th/18th_Royal_Hussars|18th Hussars]]((confirmed by Thomas Prior’s copy of //A List of all the Officers …// in which he has written that he was a ‘Lieutenant 18th Hussars, London 1815’. On p.133 it lists ‘Thomas Prior’ as Lieutenant in the 18th Regiment from this date.))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))| Jemima believed that he had to lobby the [[wp>Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn|Duke of Kent]] (the future Queen Victoria's father) to obtain the exchange.((TLM-P, Diary, 4 June 1882))|\\ | |6 January 1814| Lieutenant| [[wp>13th/18th_Royal_Hussars|18th Hussars]]((confirmed by Thomas Prior’s copy of //A List of all the Officers …// in which he has written that he was a ‘Lieutenant 18th Hussars, London 1815’. On p.133 it lists ‘Thomas Prior’ as Lieutenant in the 18th Regiment from this date.))((//The United Service Gazette// c. 1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a.))| Jemima believed that he had to lobby the [[wp>Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn|Duke of Kent]] (the future Queen Victoria's father) to obtain the exchange.((TLM-P, Diary, 4 June 1882))|\\ |
| |25 March 1817|Lieutenant |18th Hussars((further evidence is his prayer book in which he's written ‘Thomas Prior, Lt. 18th Hussars, London November 27th 1824.’ Provenance: J. Godden)) |On 23 April 1817, peace means that he and others were put on half-pay, ie. not on active service, and receives half his usual pay as a form of pension.((//The United Service Gazette// c.1846, QJO, Praed papers 10/7/1a; [[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]].))|\\ | |25 March 1817|Lieutenant |18th Hussars((further evidence is his prayer book in which he's written ‘Thomas Prior, Lt. 18th Hussars, London November 27th 1824.’ Provenance: J. Godden)) |On 23 April 1817, peace means that he and others were put on half-pay, ie. not on active service, and receives half his usual pay as a form of pension.((//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.(([[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]];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]]))|\\ |
| |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.))| |