PALMER, Ernest Edward
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Rank:
Marine (Acting Temporary Corporal)
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 103819
Honours & Awards:
Marine Ernest Palmer was wounded (shrapnel wound right thigh) 19 January 1944 during the period when 40RM Commando were being used to reinforce the infantry line held along the River Garigliano near Lorenzo, Italy. Promoted Corporal, Ernest Palmer was later awarded the Military Medal for gallantry, zeal and skill during the attack on Sarande and the seizure of the Island of Solta.
Source
RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939/45, Commandos, page 29.
London Gazette 37013, page 1791.
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