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''' William Ernest Napper''' M.I.C.E. (1883-1974)
==Railway Achievements in India==
*[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR); 1903-17, Engineer.
**1903, PA to Chief Engineer
**1903-07, Asst Engr, i/c Gonda Sub-division - 156 miles, open line [marr. 1905, living Gonda]
**1907, Asst Engr i/c Chupra Sub-division
**1907-08, i/c Burhwal Sitapur Extension - famine relief work
**1908-09, Officiating Resident Engr, i/c of Gorakhpur Division (Headquarters); 330 miles open line, 24 miles construction, incl completion of new Loco & Carriage Shops
**1910-11, Asst Engr Thana-Bihpur Sub-division
**1911-17, Asst Engr Chupra Sub-division (Maintenance)
**1917-20, War service Royal Engineers (110th Railway Co.); rly construction in France. Admin at War Office after armistice.
*[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR); 1920-38, Executive Engineer
**Executive Engr i/c of Maintenance & construction (bridge renewals, heavy relaying programme, flood damage line repairs (Baroda 1927), station yard remodellings, bridge construction, etc)
**1933, 1937 Acted as Deputy Engineer-in-Chief & Deputy General Manager.
**1938, Retirement at age limit of 55
==References==
Biography courtesy John Napper FIBIS, fully resarched and referenced as a private project.
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[[Category:Railway People|Napper, William Earnest]]
[[Category:People|Napper, William Earnest]]
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