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QSA (3) Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (7427 PTE B. CLEAVES. RIFLE BRIGADE.).

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IGS 1895 (1) Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Lieut. The Hon. C. F. H. Napier, 3rd. Bn. Rif: Bde.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (Capt: Hon: C. F. H. Napier, Rifle Bde.) engraved naming;
British War Medal 1914-20 (Major Hon. C. F. H. Napier.)

The Hon. Charles Frederick Hamilton Napier was born in Simla, India, on 19 March 1872, the seventh son Field Marshal Sir Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, who commanded the Abyssinian Expedition, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 25 May 1892. He was promoted Lieutenant on 12 December 1894, and saw active service with the 3rd Battalion in India as part of the Tochi Field Force. Promoted Captain on 16 November 1899, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War, during operations in the Orange River Colony from January to May 1902, and in the Cape Colony in January 1902.

He was appointed Paymaster in the Army Pay Department, and was promoted Major on 28 July 1912. Appointed Staff Paymaster, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 April 1926, and retired on 19 March 1929, having attained the age limit. He died in Alton, Hampshire, on 15 June 1963, aged 91.