NAPIER, SIR JOSEPH W L

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Letters from Gallipoli, Mesopotamia and Turkey (1915-1917); Account of his capture by the Turks, Apr 1917; Typescript account of the 4th South Wales Borderers in Mesopotamia; Paintings of Kedos, including the barracks, a cell and a panorama; Questionnaire from Keith Simpson at Sandhurst, and his response (1976); Recent correspondence with Mesopotamia veterans; Negatives; 'Gallipoli Revisited'; Slide: 'Mesopotamia revisited'; Photograph album, post-war; Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle.

Biography or history

Napier, Sir Joseph W L (1895-). 2nd Lieutenant, later Lieutenant, serving with the 2nd Battalion, London Scottish and 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. Held POW (Prisoner of War) in Baghdad in 1917. Later Lieutenant Colonel.

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Related material

Tape 481: interview recorded with Peter Liddle; Tape 723: Napier reading from memoirs . See also EP 055 Miscellaneous Item 27: Entertainment. See also GS 1163: Napier, VJL (brother). See also 1939-1945 Section: ARMY 139: Napier, VJL (brother). See also GS 1164: Napier, WL (father). See also DF 094: Napier, M (mother). Additional material in the South Borderers Regimental Museum at Brecon.