Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant A. D. Napier, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Canadian Army Service Corps

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. D. Napier R.A.F.) both in original named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Andrew Dunseith Napier was born in Glasgow on 6 April 1894, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Napier, R.A.M.C. and Elizabeth Napier. At some time he had emigrated to Canada and was employed as a motor engineer and fitter. Following the outbreak of the Great War he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier and served in the ranks of the Canadian Army Service Corps as Private No. 37198, and later with the First Canadian Troop Supply Company. He was commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 September 1916; his R.A.F. Officers Service record indicates that he also had service with the 9th Highland Cyclist Battalion. He was promoted Lieutenant in the Technical Branch, Royal Air Force on 2 April 1918, and was employed on aero-engine repair duties, before being transferred to the Unemployed List on 20 September 1919.

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