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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Leichhardt New South Wales [3]

London England [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Gourdon, Kincardineshire, Scotland [2]

Grenfell New South Wales [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bournemouth England [1]

Brechin, Angus [1]

Cambrook Victoria [1]

Cathcart,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Christchurch [1]

City of London [1]

Comrie, Perthshire [1]

Crieff, Perthshire [1]

Dunbartonshire [1]

Dunblane, Perthshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Fife [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Gourdon, Kincardine [1]

Hamilton [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1]

Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Londonderry [1]

Londonderry (Derry) [1]

Maryborough Victoria [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Montreal [1]

Rank

Private [275]

Lieutenant [46]

Captain [30]

Gunner [30]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Serjeant [26]

Corporal [19]

Major [17]

Driver [16]

Sapper [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Bombardier [7]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Admiral [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Masseuse [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal/Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major General [1]

Matron [1]

Midshipman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Army Service Corps [27]

Gordon Highlanders [27]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23]

Royal Highlanders [23]

Royal Scots [23]

Royal Irish Rifles [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

London Regiment [14]

Scottish Rifles [14]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Royal Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Artillery/ Staff [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Canadian Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General List [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Service

British Army [498]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Royal Navy [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

N [679]

W [3]

L [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [660]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Leichhardt New South Wales [3] London England [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Gourdon, Kincardineshire, Scotland [2] Grenfell New South Wales [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Montrose, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bournemouth England [1] Brechin, Angus [1] Cambrook Victoria [1] Cathcart,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Christchurch [1] City of London [1] Comrie, Perthshire [1] Crieff, Perthshire [1] Dunbartonshire [1] Dunblane, Perthshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Edmonton, London [1] Fife [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Gourdon, Kincardine [1] Hamilton [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1] Kangaroo Valley New South Wales [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Londonderry [1] Londonderry (Derry) [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Montreal [1]

Rank

Private [275] Lieutenant [46] Captain [30] Gunner [30] Second Lieutenant [26] Serjeant [26] Corporal [19] Major [17] Driver [16] Sapper [12] Acting Corporal [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Lance Corporal [9] Bombardier [7] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Admiral [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Masseuse [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal/Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major General [1] Matron [1] Midshipman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [34] Army Service Corps [27] Gordon Highlanders [27] Labour Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [23] Royal Highlanders [23] Royal Scots [23] Royal Irish Rifles [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] London Regiment [14] Scottish Rifles [14] Durham Light Infantry [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Voluntary Aid Detachment [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Royal Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Border Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Artillery/ Staff [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Canadian Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] General List [2] Imperial Army [2]

Service

British Army [498] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [32] Royal Navy [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

N [679] W [3] L [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [660] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Australia [1] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

James Ross Napier

Born 1878

Died 1963

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305097 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 40th Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305097 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 42nd Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305097 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 48th Battery

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William Lennox Napier

Born 1867

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers

British Army Major South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

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Reginald William Napier

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/274 Private New Zealand Medical Corps No 1 New Zealand Field Ambulance

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Arthur Francis Scott Napier

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Stanley Carr Napier

Born 1898

Died 1961

British Army 29336 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd Bn.

British Army M/395583 Private Army Service Corps

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Graham Gay Napier

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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William Henry Napier

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 4126 Colour Sergeant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 4126 Colour Sergeant Grenadier Guards 5th (Reserve) Battalion

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Ernest Leopold Napier

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 113075 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2 Depot

British Army 113075 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 28 Company

British Army 113075 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 342nd Siege Battery

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George Levack Mackay Napier

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Supplementary Lieutenant

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Guy Greville Napier

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain 35th Sikhs attached 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Lieutenant 35th Sikhs

Indian Army Captain 35th Sikhs

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Lennox Robert Murray Napier

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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Frank Arthur Napier

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50969

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Henry R Napier

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 55303 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/250712 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/250712 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 111th Railway Coy.

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Ernest Walter Napier

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96499

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John Napier

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28036

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Francis Edward Basil Napier

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92731

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Henry Edward Napier

Born 1862

Died 1915

British Army Cheshire Regiment

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

British Army Brigadier General Staff

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William Napier

British Army 1504 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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John Napier

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293811

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Andrew Napier

Died 1917

British Army S/40100 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11 Battalion

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