BORN NORTON, YORKS, 1887. ONLY SON OF GEORGE & RACHEL (STABLER) PALMER, OF THE CLIFFE, HESSLE, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS – RACHEL, MAY & FLORENCE. HE LIVED IN TICTON, FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS EDUCATED AT ST MARY’S BOY’S SCHOOL, BEVERLEY.
HE WAS MARRIED, BUT HAD NO CHILDREN. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, COMPANY, IN HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN 1914. RAPIDLY GAINED PROMOTION AND WAS GAZETTED A FULL LIEUTENAT, IN DECEMBER 1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, IN SPRING 1917. HE SERVED WITH THE 12TH RIFLE BRIGADE. WOUNDED ON THE 24/09/1917. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 25/09/1917, AGED 29.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HUKLLDAILY MAIL, ON 02/10/1917 AND 28/09/1918.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
25/09/1917
Place died:
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
29
THE CLIFFE, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
