Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of the late Handal Henrico Packer,
Architect and Surveyor, Proprietor of Angel Hotel, Wellingboro’, and
subsequently of the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, by his wife, Emily Mary
Jane (Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt), dau. of (--) Hobbs, of Stroud, Glos.;
_b._ Wellingborough, 5 Dec. 1888; educ. Wellingborough and Eye
Grammar Schools; worked with his father until his death in 1909, and
subsequently managed the Cliff Hotel, Dovercourt, for his mother;
joined the Essex Yeomanry in 1908; was promoted Sergt. in 1912 for
work in connection with regimental signalling, and was in charge of
the signallers of the regt.; volunteered for active service on the
outbreak of war; went to France 29 Nov. 1914; was selected in Jan. for
a special signalling course, with about 50 others, from which he passed
out No. 11, and died in Hazebrouck Military Hospital, 19 May, 1915, of
wounds received in action at Ypres on the 13th. Buried in Hazebrouck
Cemetery. Capt. Parker, of the Essex Yeomanry, wrote: “I can a little
realise your loss, for I have been learning signalling lately and have
seen a good deal of him, and have learnt what a charming fellow he was.
As you probably know he was a signaller of exceptional ability and in
that way alone he was a serious loss to the regt. But apart from that
he has become a very good soldier and his troop officer during the
last two months has been continuous in his praise of the work he has
done. He is a sad loss to the Squadron, and was very popular with all
and we shall miss him sadly.” He _m._ at Ufford, co. Suffolk, 28
Nov. 1914, Marion (2, Station Road, Dovercourt), elder dau. of the late
Quartermaster-Sergt. George Thomas Rushton-Rudd, of the Essex Regt.;
_s.p._
[Illustration: =Reginald C. Packer.=]
=PADDAY, WILLIAM HAMILTON=, Capt., 36th, attd. 47th Sikhs, Indian
Army, yr. _s._ of the late Col. Arthur Charles Padday, Royal
(late Bengal) Engineers, by his wife, Alice Hamilton (30, Orsett
Terrace, Hyde Park W.), dau. of the late Thomas Campbell Foster, Q.C.,
Bencher of the Middle Temple, and Recorder of Warwick; _b._ Stoke
Devonport, 21 Sept. 1881; educ. Bath College (where he was a prominent
member of the football XV in 1898); and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst (1900–01); gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 8
Jan. 1901; served his first year with the Queen’s Royal West Surrey
Regt. then in the Punjab; was gazetted to the 36th Sikhs, 7 April,
1902, and promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1903, and Capt. 20 July, 1911; was
for some time attd. to the Military Police in Assam, but rejoined his
regt. in 1910. Home on leave when the European War broke out, he was
for a short time attd. to the 8th Service Battn. West Riding Regt. at
Belton Camp, but early in Nov. joined the 47th Sikhs in France, and was
serving with that regt. when he was killed in action near Givenchy,
21 Dec. 1914; _unm._ His Col. wrote that he “died a most gallant
death gallantly performing a difficult task”; and an officer who was
in the trenches with him: “His coolness and great personal bravery
alone commanded admiration, and his unfailing cheerfulness under any
circumstances.” And another: “When we had reached the bit of trench
we had been told to retake, the Germans were found to be in each end
of it with machine guns. On previous occasions it had been found that
the most effective method of turning the enemy out of such positions
was for parties of bomb-throwers to creep up to the part occupied by
the Germans, and by throwing bombs amongst them, drive them out bit by
bit. Your son was in charge of our regimental party of bomb-throwers,
whom he had personally trained, and he went off with the party to try
and dislodge the Germans. A Sepoy who was with him says that he had
thrown two bombs and was preparing a third, when he was shot at close
range through the head.... Owing to the heavy fire the Germans opened
on the party it was quite impossible to remove the body. The party had
to make their way back, and just then a retirement was ordered and
the trench was evacuated. The subsequent counter-attack, in which the
regt. did not participate, did not reach that trench at all, so it was
never possible to recover the bodies of those who had died there.” He
was a keen sportsman, fond of shooting, fishing and yachting. He was
Hon. Secretary of both the Lucknow and Naini Tal Yacht Clubs, and won
several cups when racing in the latter club.
[Illustration: =William Hamilton Padday.=]
=PADDOCK, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109803, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=PADDY, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10197), S.S. 2639, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, ALBERT=, Private, No. 7345, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
_s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover
Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._
Highgate, 27 Nov. 1887; educ. St. Mary’s School there; enlisted 12
July, 1907; served three years with the Colours and then passed into
the Reserve, and worked as a Carman; was mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action
30 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods. His brother,
Private Frederick Page, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., was killed in
action, 10–14 March, 1915, and his two other brothers are now (1916) on
active service.
=PAGE, ALFRED=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8840), 198471, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PAGE, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10386, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11334, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt.,
_s._ of the late William Page, by his wife, Jane (12, Andover
Road, Hornsey Road, Holloway), dau. of William Finch; _b._ 4 May,
1889; educ. Arkley School, Barnet; enlisted 15 Oct. 1906; served seven
years with the Colours (including five years in India), then became a
Carman with Carter Patersons; mobilised Aug. 1914; went to France in
Sept., was wounded 15 Oct. (the same month his brother, Private Albert
Page, was killed, see his notice), and invalided home; returned to the
Front in Feb., and was killed in action between 10–14 March, 1915;
_unm._
=PAGE, JOHN=, Petty Officer (T.), 194013, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, THOMAS=, Colour-Sergt., R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., A. 589), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7537),
291867, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGE, WILLIAM WILLIE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9632), S.S. 2347,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAGET, GEORGE GODFREY BRANDRETH=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn.
Northamptonshire Regt., only child of Charles Edward Paget, of Great
Houghton House, near Northampton, by his wife, Ethel Pilkington, dau.
of the late Rev. Canon William Harper Brandreth, Rector of Standish,
Lancs.; and gdson. of the late Sir George Edward Paget, K.C.B., M.D.,
F.R.S.; _b._ North Bentcliffe, Eccles, co. Lancaster, 6 April,
1891; educ. St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne (1901–05), and Charterhouse
(1905–08); joined the 3rd (Militia) Battn. of the Northamptonshire
Regt. as 2nd Lieut., 29 April, 1908, and was promoted Lieut. in the
Special Reserve, 26 July, 1910; gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 1st Battn.,
14 Aug. 1914, having crossed with it to France on the 12th; served
through the retreat from Mons and the Battle of the Marne, and was
killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._
“His Coy. were attacking under a very heavy shell fire and rifle fire
also,” wrote Lieut. Farrer. “They had just halted in a bit of a dip,
where they were out of rifle fire; he moved forward to see if they
could go on, when he was hit. The men of his Platoon say he didn’t seem
to mind the lead that was flying round, and was urging them on all the
time.” The Adjutant, Capt. Lloyd, also wrote: “You know he died doing
his duty, and that his name will be handed down to posterity, amongst
the others of the Regt., as being one who assisted to uphold the
glorious traditions of our Regt., and who emulated the deeds of times
gone by.” His body was not recovered, but was seen on 17 Sept. about
40–50 yards from the German trench, when a Coldstream officer succeeded
in getting some letters out of his pocket by which his body was
identified. The body was lying about 300 yards in front of our trenches.
[Illustration: =George G. B. Paget.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES PERCIVAL=, Corpl., No. 554, Army Service Corps.
(Motor Transport Section), _s._ of Charles Paine, Master Tailor,
by his wife, Emma; _b._ Old Kent Road, E., 19 May, 1876; educ.
Dulwich; joined the 22nd Middlesex Volunteers about 1894; attaining
the rank of Sergt.; served in the South African War, 1899–1900, with
the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry (Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined
the Motor Transport Special Reserve in Oct. 1912; was called up on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force on the 6th; was promoted Corpl. in Dec. for valuable services
rendered in the field, and died in No. 10 Military Hospital, St. Omer,
17 Feb. 1915, from cerebro-spinal meningitis. Buried in the Cemetery of
Remembrance there. He _m._ at the Baptist Church, Attleborough, 17
Sept. 1901, Harriet Jane (52, Thorpebank Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W.),
eldest dau. of Francis (and Harriet) Smith-Newby, of Attleborough,
co. Norfolk, and had four children: Francis Percival, _b._ 11
Oct. 1902; Charles George, _b._ 21 Oct. 1905; Geoffrey Herbert,
_b_. 24 Feb. 1908; and Evelyn Hattie, _b._ 16 Feb. 1904.
[Illustration: =Charles Percival Paine.=]
=PAINE, CHARLES WILLIAM STANLEY=, Capt., Royal Marine L.I.,
eldest _s._ of William Henry Paine, of Derwent House, Canterbury,
by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Buss; _b._ Canterbury, 22 Dec.
1876; educ. Tonbridge (The School House, 1891–95); and on leaving
there qualified as an Electrical Engineer. After being some time in
Queensland, he went to South Africa, and took part with the Border
Police in putting down the native rising in Bechuanaland. When the
South African War broke out he was in England. He volunteered and went
out with the Electrical Engineers, serving later with Steinecker’s
Horse, and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps. At the end
of the war he returned to England, and was for some time once more at
the electrical power station in the Isle of Thanet. In May, 1905, he
returned to South Africa, and cleared and farmed a large tract of land
in Mashonaland. Towards the end of 1909 he returned to England, and was
farming in Hampshire when war began. The day after war was declared he
left home to serve with the Legion of Frontiersmen, but after three
months of duty at Southampton, finding that the Legion had little
chance of being sent to the Front, he applied for a commission and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.N.D., 19 Nov. 1914. He was promoted Lieut., R.M.
attd. R.N.D., 23 Nov., and Capt., R.M., on 8 Dec. 1914. He went out to
the Dardanelles in May with the Benbow Battn. of the R.N.D., and was
in action almost immediately. On the disbanding of the Benbow Battn.
he was transferred to the Hood Battn., and was instantaneously killed
in action, 17 July, 1915, being shot by a sniper while attempting to
get help for a wounded man. He was buried in the trench--Ferril Gap,
where he fell. “He was,” wrote one who knew him well, “a thorough
sportsman, a man of unfailing courage and cheerfulness, equally ready
to share his purse and his last meal, not only with friends, but with
anyone who seemed in need of either. No one has ever more cheerfully
and unassumingly lived the golden rule than he, as scores of men
down on their luck, and many a tired animal too, could testify.” He
had a distinct literary and poetical bent, and published, as a rule,
anonymously, a good many things, mostly short stories, both in English
and in Rhodesian magazines. Two of his short poems, one entitled “The
Dead,” appeared in the “Westminster Gazette” in 1915. He _m._
at St. George’s Cathedral, Capetown, 24 Aug. 1908, Lilian Josephine
(Barnfield, Medstead, Hants), 2nd dau. of the late Joseph Naylor, of
Hull, and had three children: Geoffrey William Wright Halden, _b._
Umbali, Rhodesia, 27 Aug. 1909; Catherine Mary, _b._ 27 Dec. 1910;
and Josephine Halden, _b._ 8 Feb. 1914.
[Illustration: =Charles William S. Paine.=]
=PAINE, SYDNEY WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Divisional Field Coy.
New Zealand Engineers, only _s._ of William John Paine, of
Ashton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant, by his
wife, Constance, dau. of Shadrick Moordaff; _b._ Auckland, 9
April, 1891; educ. Maungakaramea County School, Wellesley Street City
School, and Auckland Grammar School; joined the New Zealand Engineers
(Volunteers) in 1906, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in No. 3
(Auckland) Coy. 21 Feb. 1911; volunteered for Imperial Service on the
outbreak of war and joined the Expeditionary Force as a Sapper, but
was shortly afterwards given a commission, and was killed in action in
Gallipoli, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. Lieut.-Col. Pridham
wrote: “It may be some consolation to you to know that he had done
wonderfully good work ever since he landed here, and the loss to the
Engineers will be very severely felt. He was absolutely trusted by the
men under him and was, I think, the most unconcerned under fire of us
all. He died on duty, reconnoitring for a fresh advance against the
enemy”; and Capt. W. Limm: “Your son was with me--I knew him really
well, and he was a personal friend of mine and was a splendid chap.
I cannot tell you all I know of him in a letter, but you can be very
proud of him.” Sapper F. Leyland also wrote: “We got a shock last
night, for we lost our section officer, Lieut. S. W. Paine. He was
the best officer we had, and I had known him for years. He was at the
Grammar School when I was, and was in the same company of Engineers as
I was in Auckland. A finer chap I never met--his first thoughts were
always for the men, and he always mixed up with them. Just before he
was shot he was laughing and joking with us. When the news came down
that he was shot and had rolled down the gully, we rushed up to get
him, but by the time we found him he was dead. We feel lost without
him, and are feeling pretty miserable.” He was awarded the Royal
Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving a comrade from drowning at
Fort Cantley, and was congratulated by Col. Wolffe on being the first
Territorial in camp to receive it.
[Illustration: =Sydney William Paine.=]
=PAINE, THOMAS HARRY=, Leading Telegraphist, 239741, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAINTIN, SHAYLER=, Sergt., No. 9784, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
yst. _s._ of the late Joseph Paintin, of West End, Witney,
Carpenter, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of J. Mann, of Witney; _b._
Witney, co. Oxon, 5 April, 1885; educ. Wesleyan Higher Grade School
there; was a Grocer; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 Sept. 1906; went
to India with the 1st Battn. in 1909; served there until the outbreak
of war; returned to England, Nov. 1914; went to France the following
month, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 12 May,
1915; _unm._ His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: “He was highly respected
by the officers, N.C.Os. and men, and a better soldier never wore the
uniform. He died like a good British soldier in the trench not far from
the machine gun he was in charge of. We buried him in the Bellewarde
Wood, near the village of Hooge, about 4 kilometres from the now ruined
city of Ypres.” Sergt. Paintin was a keen sportsman and a first-class
shot, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won the championship
medal, India, 1912; he was in C Coy. hockey team, which won the Meay
Ahmed Hockey Cup, 1911–12, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won
third prize, aggregate, 1914.
[Illustration: =Shayler Paintin.=]
=PAKENHAM, CHARLES JOHN WINGFIELD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire
Regt., _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall, Alum Bay,
I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers
[gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red,
3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his 2nd wife,
Gertrude Edith Mary, yst. dau. of William Wingfield; _b._ Northam,
near Bideford, co. Devon, 25 April, 1892; educ. Royal Naval College,
Osborne, and Victoria College, Jersey; joined the 3rd (Special
Reserve) Battn. of the Hampshire Regt., in Aug. 1910; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 2nd Battn., then at Mhow, India, 21 Jan. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. following; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there three days
later (28 April); _unm._
=PAKENHAM, ROBERT EDWARD MICHAEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Munster
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall,
Alum Bay, I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish
Fusiliers [gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral
of the Red, 3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his
wife, Emily Blanche, dau. of Charles Hercules Harrison, of Singapore;
_b._ Armagh, 27 July, 1874; educ. Lausanne House, Worthing, and
United Service College, Westward Ho!; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March,
1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt. 1 May, 1902; served
(1) in the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902; took part in the advance
on Kimberley, including action at Belmont; operations in the Orange
Free State, April to May, 1900, and those in Orange River Colony,
May to June, 1900 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal
with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, and died in the Military Hospital, Boulogne, 17 Jan. 1915,
of wounds received in action. He _m._, 12 Sept. 1900, Nancye
(Ballinacurragh, co. Cork), 2nd dau. of William Fowler, of Broadlands
Park, Liverpool, and had three children: Ivo Robert Lygon, _b._ 4
Dec. 1903; Osmund Edward Michael, _b._ 20 April, 1905, _d._
13 April 1906; and Emilie Estelle Rosemary, _b._ 4 Feb. 1907. His
yr. brother, Lieut. C. J. W. Pakenham, was killed in the Dardanelles
(see his notice).
=PAKENHAM, WILLIAM HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 7765, 2nd Battn.
Connaught Rangers, only _s._ of the late Henry Pakenham, by his
wife. Maria; _b._ Granard, co. Longford, 4 June, 1885; enlisted
5 March, 1903; served eight years in India; went to France 13 Aug.
1914, and died in the Military Hospital, Colchester, 26 Feb. 1915,
from a shrapnel wound in the right shoulder received in action near
Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Culmore,
co. Londonderry, 20 Jan. 1914, Caroline (Burgage, Blessington, co.
Wicklow), dau. of Michael Bryant, of Tallamore, King’s Co., and had a
dau., Violet Charlotte, _b._ 5 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Pakenham.=]
=PALIN, ARCHIBALD EDWIN= (“Blue”), Private, No. 938, 13th Battn.
4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, foster child of Mrs.
Ann Charman; _b._ Dorking, Surrey, 7 Jan. 1872; educ. Dorking
National Schools; afterwards going to Australia; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 3 May,
1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He proved himself thoroughly brave
and courageous in action and always put his duty before personal
safety. He did invaluable work in his capacity as a scout and set a
great example to the other men by his coolness under heavy fire.”
=PALLANT, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 7001, 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, _s._ of Harry Pallant, Ipswich, employee on the Ipswich
Corporation Tramways Co., by his 1st wife; _b._ Ash Bocking, co.
Suffolk, 14 May, 1879; educ. Ipswich; enlisted 5 Oct. 1898; became
L.-Corpl. 1 May, 1900; Corpl. 1 Feb. 1901, and Sergt. 28 Feb. 1904;
served in Malta, Crete and South Africa (Queen’s medal with four
clasps); was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve,
at the end of which time he again signed on for four years, during
which period he was employed as a Postman at the G.P.O.; mobilised 5
Aug. 1914; went to France on the 30th, and was killed in action at
Messines, 2 Nov. following. Buried on the Eastern Edge of Ploegsteert
Wood. Qrmr.-Sergt. Clague, 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: “I
did not know Sergt. Pallant previous to his joining the company on
active service, but what I saw of him convinced me that he had no fear
and died a glorious death, he was always willing to do any duty he was
called upon to do, and was a great help to the officers of company when
any trying work was to be carried out. He was liked very much by the
men of his platoon and they miss him very much now.” He _m._ at
Ipswich, 3 June, 1906, Helen (38, Newton Street, St. Helen’s, Ipswich),
dau. of the late William (and Elizabeth) Cunningham, and had a son,
Herbert, _b._ 4 Aug. 1907.
[Illustration: =Herbert Pallant.=]
=PALMER, FREDERICK ERNEST=, A.B., 236457 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 22186, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1317), 197816, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, GEORGE EDWARD=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23449, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12655, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in
action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=PALMER, JOHN JOSEPH=, 2nd Writer, 346138, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PALMER, MAURICE WESTON=, L.-Corpl., No. 1104, 5th Battn.,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Attwell Lynch Palmer, of
Pentney, Swaffham, co. Norfolk, Engineer, by his wife, Frances, dau.
of William Daniel Weston, of the Lenwades, Moulton, near Newmarket;
_b._ Letcham, Swaffham, 4 July, 1894; educ. Grammar School,
Swaffham; went to Australia in Dec. 1913; was a 1st Class Steward
in the Orient S.S. Co.; volunteered for Imperial service after the
outbreak of war and joined the 5th Battn., A.I.F., in Sept. 1914; left
for Egypt in Dec; went to the Dardanelles in June, 1915, and was killed
in action there, 20 July following; _unm._
[Illustration: =Maurice W. Palmer.=]
=PALMER, PERCY VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9038), No. 206273,
R.N., _s._ of William Palmer, of Towersey, near Thame, co. Oxford,
by his wife, Harriett, dau. of John Rumble, of Norfolk; _b._
Kensington Gore, W., 12 Jan. 1883; educ. St. Barnabas’ Church School,
Pimlico, and was a chorister at St. John’s, Wilton Road; entered Navy,
1899, and was lost on board H.M.S. Cressy when that ship was torpedoed
in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ For services rendered
during the Messina earthquake, while serving in H.M.S. Euryalus, he
received a letter of thanks from the King of Italy, and was awarded
the Messina silver medal. Palmer was also at Martinique when that
earthquake happened.
[Illustration: =Percy Victor Palmer.=]