William Napier (Royal Navy officer)

William Napier
Born	(1877-06-13)13 June 1877 Southsea, Hampshire
Died	8 April 1951(1951-04-08) (aged 73) Fareham, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1887–1929
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Chief of the Australian Naval Staff (1926–29) HMS Vernon (1924) HMS Royal Sovereign (1922–24) HMS Castor (1920 HMS Coventry (1919–20) HMS Buttercup (1916) HMS Sir Thomas Picton (1915–16) HMS Thames (1909–11) HMS Vesuvius (1906–08)
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches

Admiral William Rawdon Napier, CB, CMG, DSO (13 June 1877 – 8 April 1951) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1926 to 1929.

Naval service

Napier joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1887.^[1] He was a lieutenant when on 25 July 1902 he was posted to the cruiser HMS St George, serving in the Cruiser squadron.^[2]

He served during the First World War and was mentioned in despatches for his service in the Gallipoli Campaign^[3] and awarded the Distinguished Service Order for minesweeping operations.^[4] He was appointed First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1926; he retired in 1929 and was promoted to full admiral in 1933.^[5] He died at his home in Fareham in Hampshire in 1951.^[5]

Military offices
Preceded by Rear Admiral Percival Hall-Thompson	Chief of the Australian Naval Staff 1926–1929	Succeeded by Vice Admiral Sir William Kerr

Chiefs of the Royal Australian Navy

Director, Commonwealth Naval Forces	Sir William Rooke Creswell

First Naval Members, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board	Sir William Rooke Creswell Sir Percy Grant Sir Allan Everett Percival Hall-Thompson William Napier Sir William Munro Kerr Sir George Hyde Sir Ragnar Colvin Sir Guy Royle Sir Louis Keppel Hamilton Sir John Augustine Collins Sir Roy Dowling Sir Henry Burrell Sir Hastings Harrington Sir Alan McNicoll Sir Victor Smith Sir Richard Peek Sir David Stevenson

Chiefs of the Naval Staff	Sir Anthony Synnot Sir James Willis David Leach Michael Hudson Ian MacDougall Rodney Taylor

Chiefs of Navy	Rodney Taylor Donald Chalmers David Shackleton Chris Ritchie Russ Shalders Russell Crane Raymond Griggs Timothy Barrett

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