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Lt.-Col. · 19 (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, attchd. Machine Gun Corps

Reginald Henry Napier Settle

† 24/03/1918 · aged 26 · Pozières Memorial, Panel 5

Personal data

NameSettle
InitialsR.H.N.
Christian nameReginald Henry Napier
Date and place of birthCairo (Egypt); 1892
FamilySon of Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Settle, K.C.B., D.S.O., and Lady Settle, of 7, Park St., Bath.

Extra information

Information
Educated at Eton and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Military data

RankLt.-Col.
Regiment / Unit19 (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars, attchd. Machine Gun Corps
Date of death
Age26
Cemetery / MemorialPozières Memorial, Panel 5

Other information

Information 1
D.S.O., M.C., 4 times mentioned in despatches. Killed in action.
Information 2
Secondary unit: commanding 21 Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Information 3
Four times wounded
Information 4
'The Reginald Henry Napier Settle Lamp' - Bath Branch. Endowed on 01.11.1926. First lit on 11.12.1926 at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In proud and loving memory of Reginald Henry Napier Settle, D.S.O., M.C., Major (tempy. Lt.-Col.), 19th Royal Hussars, attd. M.G.C. Killed in action in Great War." (Donated by his mother, Lady Settle)

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Source
Liber Vitae 1928