Name
Henry Edward Napier
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/04/1915
53
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Brigadier General
General Staff
88th Brigade 29th Division (Commanding)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 16.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 21 Sep 1861 in Ireland son of Charles George and Susanna Juliana Ricarda Napier later of the Acacias, Bury St. Edmunds. Educated at the United Services College 1875-80 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned in 1882 formerly in the Cheshire Regiment and served in the South African War 1900-02. Lieutenant Colonel the Royal Irish Rifles in 1907 and Colonel in 1911. He married Mary Ada Napier of 13 Stanley Place, Chester.
Wartime Service
He was killed on the beach as one of the first men ashore during the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahron at Gallipoli.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
