The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F C Q Palmer

Private Frank Charles Quinney PALMER, G/18051, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 23rd March 1918, age 23.

Born St Michaels, Ipswich, Suffolk, son of Charles and Elizabeth Louisa Palmer, of 59, Hervey Street, Ipswich, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 24 Alexandra Road, Warwick Road, Ipswich, Suffolk - Charles Palmer, head, age 40, married, machinist, iron driller, Agricultural Implement Works, born St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk; Elizabeth Palmer, wife, age 42, married 17 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Colchester, Essex; Frank Palmer, son, age 16, single, gas fitter & plumber, born St Helens, Ipswich, Suffolk; Edith Palmer, daughter, age 7, born St Helens, Ipswich, Suffolk.

Enlisted Woodbridge, Suffolk, age 20 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6 inches. Formerly gas fitter.

Home 18th November 1914 to 22nd September 1915; Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 23rd September 1915 to 8th November 1915; Home 9th November 1915 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 22nd November 1916; Home 23rd November 1916 to 9th July 1917; BEF 10th July 1917 to 23rd March 1918.

18th November 1914, enlisted & posted 1/1 Battalion, Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No.1743; 23rd September 1915, posted MEF; 22nd October 1915, Anzac, 3rd EAF, enteritis; 23rd October 1915, transferred from 16th Casualty Clearing Station to Mudros; 23rd October 1915, invalided to England on Hospital Ship "Formosa"; 9th November 1915, posted Depot; 5th February 1916, posted 3/1 Battalion, Suffolk Yeomanry; 12th August 1916, Hatton Camp, Kent?, absent from 6.00am Roll Call, 2 days confined to Barracks; 27th August 1916, posted 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; 27th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 27th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th September 1916, wounded; 30th September 1916, 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, gun shot wound, neck; 16th October 1916, 7 Convalescent Camp; 18th October 1916, discharged to 3 Large Rest Camp; 23rd November 1916, dysentery, to Hospital Ship "Stad Antwerpen" ex 24 General Hospital, Etaples, transferred to England; 23rd November 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1917 to 21st March 1917, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham on Sea, dysentery, has had no treatment whilst at the Depot, unsuitable; 22nd March 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 10th July 1917, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th September 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th March 1918, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd March 1918, posted missing.

23rd December 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 6/10 a week to mother, will cease.

10th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Charles Palmer, 59, Hervey Street; Mother, Elizabeth Louisa Palmer, 59, Hervey Street; Brothers - none; Sisters - Edith Florrie Palmer, age 15, 59, Hervey Street.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, France.

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