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Sgt. Richard William Henry Bennett Napper
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Limehouse
Bill Napper was in the Merchant Navy as a Trimmer but came home to tell his wife Lizzie that he had left the Navy "Thank Gawd for that" she said and he replied "I've joined the Army".
He joined on 19th of September 1914 and his first day in the theatre of war was 11th of November 1914. He was badly wounded in the Battle of Arras in 1917. He spent some time in hospital, went home conceived my mother and returned to his regiment.

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