PALMER, Eric Charles Ernest
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Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Monday, May 20, 1907
Acting Lieutenant Colonel Eric Palmer, Officer Commanding 41RM Commando, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his gallant and distinguished service during his Commando's landing at the breach in the dyke at Westkapelle, Walcheren, on 1 November 1944, and the successful attack and capture of the enemy battery which had been causing considerable casualties in the landing area.
- August 1945 Officer Commanding 46RM Commando until disbanded.
- 19 December 1945 to 3 June 1947 Training Group RM Wales.
- 20 August 1947 to 7 January 1948 Commando School RM.
- 13 January 1948 to 25 July1948 Officer Commanding 45 Commando RM.
- 26 July 1948 to 26 August 1949 Headquarters, 3 Commando Brigade RM.
- 29 November 1954 to Retired List.
Sources
London Gazette 36947, page 997 errata 36992, page 1507.
Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/47/36.
The Story of 46 Commando by Captain P.K.W. Johnson RM (1946)
Royal Marines Officers Ledgers / National Archives file ADM196/178/28.
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