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Frederick William Palmer

English Victoria Cross recipient (1891-1955)

Summary

English Victoria Cross recipient (1891-1955)

Field	Value
name	Frederick William Palmer
birth_date	11 November 1891
death_date	10 September 1955 (aged 63)
birth_place	Hammersmith, London
death_place	Lymington Hospital, Hampshire
image	Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png
allegiance
rank	Wing Commander
branch	[[File:Flag of the British Army.svg	23px]] British Army

unit	The Royal Fusiliers
Royal Flying Corps
battles	World War I
World War II
awards	[[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg	30px]] Victoria Cross
Military Medal

Royal Flying Corps World War II Military Medal Frederick William Palmer (11 November 1891 – 10 September 1955) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

He was 20 years old, and a Lance-Sergeant in the 22nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 16/17 February 1917 north of Courcelette, France, Lance-Sergeant Palmer assumed command of his company when all his officers had become casualties. Having cut his way under point-blank fire, through wire entanglements, he dislodged an enemy machine-gun and established a "block". He then collected some other men and held the barricade for nearly three hours against seven determined counter-attacks. While he was fetching more bombs an eighth counter-attack was delivered, threatening the advance of the whole flank. At this critical moment, although suffering from extreme exhaustion, he rallied his men, drove back the enemy and maintained his position.

He later achieved the rank of Second Lieutenant. When his battalion was disbanded, he joined the RFC as an observer.

After the war, he went to Malaya, where he set up in business. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he returned to England in 1940, arriving just in time for the Battle of Britain, and re-joined the Royal Air Force. He achieved the rank of Wing-Commander, and was mentioned in dispatches at the end of the war. He then returned to Malaya.

He retired to the south of England in 1950.

References

Bibliography

Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

References

Kelleher, JP. (2010). "The Royal Fusiliers Recipients of The Victoria Cross for Valour".
{{London Gazette. (3 April 1917)

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