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| ====== Thomas (Murray) Prior's army career ====== | ===== Thomas (Murray) Prior's army career ===== |
| |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.))| |
| |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.))| |