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{{CommRN}} '''Redvers Michael Prior''', D.S.O., D.S.C.* (29 September, 1893 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} '''Redvers Michael Prior''', D.S.O., D.S.C.* (29 September, 1893 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  He was originally named Michael Courtenay Holland-Pryor before changing his name by deed poll in 1924.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Holland-Pryor was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 July, 1916.
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Holland-Pryor resigned his commission and he was transferred to the Emergency List on 5 November, 1919.
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Prior was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on the Emergency List on 15 July, 1924.
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==World War II==
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Prior was taken as a prisoner of war.
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Prior was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on the Emergency List on 3 September, 1945.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Redvers+Michael+Prior Service Records]
 
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Revision as of 19:40, 24 May 2022

Commander Redvers Michael Prior, D.S.O., D.S.C.* (29 September, 1893 – ) served in the Royal Navy. He was originally named Michael Courtenay Holland-Pryor before changing his name by deed poll in 1924.

Life & Career

Holland-Pryor was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1916.

Holland-Pryor resigned his commission and he was transferred to the Emergency List on 5 November, 1919.

Prior was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on the Emergency List on 15 July, 1924.

World War II

Prior was taken as a prisoner of war.

Prior was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Emergency List on 3 September, 1945.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alan C. M. Bennett
Captain of H.M.S. G 10
27 Feb, 1918 – Sep, 1918
Succeeded by
Humphrey G. Veale
Preceded by
Colin Mayers
Captain of H.M.S. R 8
18 Nov, 1918 – 31 Jan, 1919
Succeeded by
Vivian R. S. Bowlby

Footnotes