Born Hull 1865. Son of Elizabeth and Walter Henry Palmer, of Hull. Son of a Fisherman. He had two brothers and five sisters.
He became Skipper of the Fishing vessel, “Cruiser”. Lost at sea, on 02/05/1915, aged 48. His widow lived at 77, Regent Quay, Aberdeen.
He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Naval Memorial, London and on Hull’s Hessle Road, Naval Memorial.
“Cruiser”, built by Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen in 1898 and owned at the time of her loss by T. Devlin Jr., Granton, was a British trawler of 146 tons. On May 2nd, 1915, Cruiser was sunk by gunfire by the German submarine U-41 (Claus Hansen), 50 miles southeast of Aberdeen. 4 persons were lost.
1. FLEMING, ROBERT WILLIAM (41), Second Engineer, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of the late William and Sophia Jane Fleming; husband of Mary Fleming (nee Milne), of 39, St. Clair St., Aberdeen. Born at Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. JARWICK, JAMES (64), Cook, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of the late James and Mary Jarwick; husband of Mary Hannah Jarwick (nee Ryder), of 36, East North St., Aberdeen). Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. PALMER, ALEXANDER (48), Skipper, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Husband of Jessie Gordon Palmer, of 77, Regent Quay, Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 4. WALLIS, HERBERT SELLARS (17), Deck Hand, FV Cruiser, Mercantile Marine, †02/05/1915, Son of Charles Wallis, of 43, Charles St., Aberdeen, and the late Jane Wallis. Born at Hull, Memorial: Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery
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