Lieutenant Guy Greville Napier (26 January 1884 – 25 September 1915) was an
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er and
World War I
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combatant. Following his death from wounds received in
France
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, ''
Wisden'' declared him "one of the best medium pace bowlers seen in the University match in his own generation".
Guy Napier was educated at
Marlborough College
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and
Pembroke College, Cambridge
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. He was commissioned in the
35th Sikhs
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The regiment took part in the Siege of Malakand in 1897 and World War I. During ...
. While attached to the
47th Sikhs
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After World War I, the Indian government reformed the army moving from single ...
at the
Battle of Loos he died of wounds on 25 September 1915.
A right-arm medium pace bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman, Napier made 81
first-class appearances largely for
Middlesex
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and
Cambridge University
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between 1904 and 1913, taking 31 wickets in his first four matches and 365 in total.
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1884 births
1915 deaths
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Indian Army personnel killed in World War I
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