William Napier was born in 1893 in Down, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), one of the nine children of Alexander Napier (1855-1934) and Hester Mary Napier née Maxwell (1863-1920). In th...

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War dead, WW2

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Private Edward Cox

Edward Cox was born circa 1871 in Deptford, Kent (now Greater London). He was the third of the nine children of George and Elizabeth Cox. In the 1881 census he is shown as aged 10 years and living...

Person, Armed Forces, Ireland

War dead, WW1

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5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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EC4, Bow Churchyard, St Mary-le-Bow Church

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War dead, WW2

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