About Lennox Napier
Lived 1928 – 2020 (aged 92). Lennox Napier was a military leader.
Major-General Lennox Alexander Hawkins Napier (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. He saw action in Malaya and was recognised with the award of the Military Cross in December 1957 during the Malayan Emergency. 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.
In 1959 he married Jennifer Dawn Wilson; they had one son and two daughters.
He died on 21 July 2020 at the age of 92.
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British Army officer.; (1928-2020)
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