PALMER, Frederick
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Known as:
Fred
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Durham County Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
14317316
Born:
Friday, April 23, 1915
Died :
Friday, May 10, 1996
Age:
81
Frederick Palmer was a Durham County Constabulary Police Constable from Hartlepool who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry, that commenced in 1942. He was attached to No.5 Commando and served in Burma and Hong Kong. Post war member of the Commando Association and the Burma Star Association. At the time of his death he was residing in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Sources
Burma Star Association Membership Card (rank recorded as Corporal).
The 1939 Register covering Hartlepool.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 103 (1996) (rank recorded as Trooper).
Article in the Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail19 January 1946 (rank recorded as Sergeant).
[Images] CVA Gallery collection of Arthur Baseley (5 Cdo) courtesy of his daughter Anne George.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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