Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer 1st Class W. H. Palmer, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. H. Palmer, A.B. H.M.S.Thetis); 1914-15 Star (142386, W. H. Palmer, P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (142386 W. H. Palmer. P.O.1 R.N.) nearly extremely fine (4) £140-£180

William Henry Palmer was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire in October 1871. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1887 and was first assigned to the school ship H.M.S. Impregnable as a Boy Second Class. By 1894 he had also served aboard the ironclad battleship H.M.S. Bellerophon and the troopship Euphrates. In February 1898, he was posted to the cruiser, H.M.S. Thetis and was aboard during her involvement in the Second Boer War. He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in October 1912 and was recalled at the beginning of the Great War, during which he served in H.M.S. Peshawar and aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Theseus, the latter being involved in the Dardanelles Campaign. He was discharged to pension in March 1919.