napier

This is a Napier Lion engine. It has a W-12 configuration, with three in-line banks of four-cylinders. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Lion

Ancestry.co.uk has this: Name:Andrew Napier Birth Place:Fattcross, Kincardineshire Death Date:22 Aug 1917 Death Location:France & Flanders Enlistment Location:Glasgow, Lanarks Rank:L/Corporal Regiment:Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Battalion:11th Battalion Number:S/40100 Type of Casualty:Killed in action Theatre of War:Western European Theatre and his service record says he was single when he enlisted and his next of kin was Peter Napier, Glasgow - this has been crossed out and Isabella Napier, wife, of Glasgow written in. His age at enlistment was 27 and his residence was C/O Manson 134 Gt Hamilton St, Glasgow.

This would appear to be his family in the 1891 census - father Peter Napier, crofter, born 1849, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire; mother Jane born 1854 and siblings - Isabella 14; Agnes 11; Alexander 9; Annie 6; and John H 1. They were living at Woodhead Neatherley, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire

First Name: ANDREW Initials: A Surname: NAPIER Rank: Lance Corporal Service: Army Regiment:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalion: 11th Battalion Service Number: S/40100 Nationality: British Campaign Medals:Victory Medal British War Medal Date of Death: 22/08/1917 Commemorated: British Copyright ©2012: www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ViewRecord/1774478?reference...

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