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Surgeon Colonel A Napier

from IWM Collections

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  • Gary Donaldson said:
    This is Colonel Alexander Napier MD VD of Rosebank, Queen Mary Avenue, Croshill, Glasgow. Alexander Napier was a pre-War Medical Officer RAMC, having attained the rank of Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant Colonel on appointment as Supernumary Surgeon and Senior Medical Officer to the Scottish Rifle Volunteer Infantry Brigade on 28th May 1904 [LG 3 Jun 1904]. He resigned his Commission as a Surgeon Colonel on 19th May 1906 [LG 18 May 1906].

    He apparently re-joined the Army during the First World War and in 1917 he was CO of 4th Scottish General Hospital RAMC at Stobhill in Glasgow, the Headquarters of which was shared with 3rd Gen Hosp RAMC at HQ York Parade, Yorkhill, Glasgow. He was promoted from Lt Col and Hon Surgeon Colonel to Brevet Colonel effective 3rd June 1917 [published in LG 7 Aug 1917].

    Colonel A Napier MD VD, ('VD' - the Volunteer Officer Decoration), retired from the Army on 18th November 1919 having reach the age limit for Service.

    In 1883-85 Alex Napier was co-Editor of the Glasgow Medical Journal - with Joseph Coats MD, - offering advice and opinion on topics as diverse as 'the dibection of micrococci in pneumonic sputum'; obstetrics; and antipyretics.//
  • Charlotte Czyzyk said:
    Help piece together the Life Stories of more than 8 million men and women who made a contribution during the First World War at www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org/

Nina Napier (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    There was a Nina Napier who performed in at least three Broadway musical shows, 1913-1916: www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=54263
  • Lisa Yarost said:
    Broadway actress - Katinka [Broadway, Original Broadway Production, 1915] Varenka Iolanthe [Broadway, Unknown, 1913] Fleta The Beggar Student [Broadway, Unknown, 1913] Maid of Honor (Above info from broadwayworld.com) This is possibly a publicity shot for Iolanthe - Info about that play here: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F02E...
  • Arden said:
    pennylrichardsca and klynslis: This portrait does resemble the photo of Nina Napier in the New York Times article. Thank you for finding out more about her. We will update our source data and reload the description.
  • Wystan said:
    Impresario William A. Brady produced the 1913 version of "Iolanthe." www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3775426888/in/p...

Nina Napier (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Also here: Different copy of the same image was apparently uploaded in April 2009: (the handwriting is slightly different)
  • Wystan said:
    Impresario William A. Brady produced the 1913 version of "Iolanthe": www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3775426888/in/p...