Lennox Napier
Born28 June 1928
Died21 July 2020 (aged 92)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Service number397999
Commands held1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales
Berlin Infantry Brigade
Wales
Battles/warsMalayan Emergency
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Major-General Lennox Alexander Hawkins Napier CB OBE MC DL (28 June 1928 – 21 July 2020) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Radley College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Napier was commissioned into the South Wales Borderers in 1946.[1] He saw action in Malaya and was recognised with the award of the Military Cross in December 1957 during the Malayan Emergency.[2] He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers in 1967 and commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969.[1] He went on to be commander of the Berlin Infantry Brigade in 1974, Divisional Brigadier for the Prince of Wales' Division in 1976 and General Officer Commanding Wales in 1980 before retiring in 1983.[3]

In 1959 he married Jennifer Dawn Wilson; they had one son and two daughters.[1] In retirement he was chairman of the Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee.[4]

He died on 21 July 2020 at the age of 92.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. ^ "No. 41257". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1957. p. 7428.
  3. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Rail privatisation 'will never benefit' users". The Independent. 20 May 1996.
  5. ^ Napier, Philip (27 July 2020). "Napier". The Telegraph Announcements. The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
Military offices Preceded byArthur Stewart-Cox General Officer Commanding Wales 1980–1983 Succeeded byPeter Chiswell
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