KNOTTINGLEY SOLDIER AWARDED THE M.S.M.
BATTERY SERGEANT MAJOR PALMER
Pontefract and Castleford Express, 13 April 1945
Mrs.
F.E. Palmer of 23 Broomhill Square, Knottingley, has received news that her husband,
Battery Sergeant Major Palmer, who is with a reinforcement group in
Belgium, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.
B.S.M.
Palmer served in the last war and retired after being in the regular army
for 25 years. A few months before the outbreak of the present war he
rejoined the army, went to France early in 1940, and remained there until
evacuation. He came from Dunkirk to Knottingley with the 65th Regt.
R.A. and later went abroad again. Being of a genial and friendly
disposition, B.S.M. Palmer made many friends in Knottingley who will
congratulate him on his award.
Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer (the latter has lived in Knottingley four years and also
made many friends along with her two daughters) received word last July
that their only son Fred, who is a Sgt. Pilot in the R.A.F. was missing
from operations.
Pontefract and Castleford Express,
13 April 1945
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