Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Lennox Napier, 3rd Baronet of Merrion Square (12 October 1867 – 13 August 1915) was a British baronet and soldier.

Career

Napier joined the Sussex Artillery Volunteers in 1888. He was commander of the 7th Battalion,

Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers () was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales's Division, that was founded in 1689, shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated a fusilier regiment and becam ...

, as part of the Territorial Army. Napier succeeded to the Baronetage of

Merrion Square Merrion Square () is a Georgian architecture, Georgian garden square on the Southside Dublin, southside of Dublin city centre. History The square was laid out in 1762 to a plan by John Smyth and Jonathan Barker for the estate of Richard Fitz ...

in 1884 on the death of his father, Sir Joseph Napier, 2nd Baronet (1841–1884), and was succeeded by his son, Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier, 4th Baronet (1895–1986). Napier retired from the Territorial Army in 1912 but offered his services on the outbreak of the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

in August 1914, and was commissioned as a major, 4th

South Wales Borderers The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In ...

, on 24 September 1914 in command of "A" Company. He was killed by a sniper on 13 August 1915 at

Chunuk Bair The Battle of Chunuk Bair () was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire over control of the peak in August 1915. The capture of Chunuk Bair, ( Basin Slope, now ''Conk Bayırı'' ...

during the Gallipoli campaign in

Ottoman Turkey The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Euro ...

, aged 47, and is buried in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery.

Personal life

Napier was married to Lady Mabel E. G. Napier (née Forster).

References

CWGC entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Napier, William 1867 births 1915 deaths British military personnel killed in World War I

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People of the Gallipoli campaign Royal Welch Fusiliers officers South Wales Borderers officers British Army personnel of World War I 19th-century British Army personnel Territorial Force officers Volunteer Force officers