Arthur Francis Eric Palliser

Admiral SIR Arthur Francis Eric Palliser, K.C.B., D.S.C., Royal Navy (20 July, 1890 – 22 February, 1956) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a merchant Palliser entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as part of the September 1905 intake term.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1911.

In July, 1914, he was appointed to Tyne for command of reduced T.B.D.s.. He spent the early portion of the war at H.M.S. Excellent before being appointed to Exmouth for gunnery duties on 9 February, 1915. He left Exmouth when he was again sent to Excellent on 1 September 1917.

On 17 February, 1918, he was appointed to the light cruiser Comus as first and gunnery officer.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1919.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.

On 18 November, 1929, Palliser was appointed to Warspite, additional, as fleet gunnery officer. He was superseded in this role on 26 May, 1930.

Palliser was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Tiger on 15 May, 1931 and was promoted to the rank of Captain shortly thereafter, on 30 June, 1931.

On 20 November, 1936, Palliser was appointed to Cumberland, additional, as a Commodore, Second Class to serve as Chief of Staff to Command-in-Chief, China, vice Attwood.

World War II

Palliser was appointed in command of the battleship Malaya in May, 1940. In a Court of Enquiry following the loss of the destroyer Hyperion to a mine on 22 December 1940, it was determined that Palliser had been "most neglectful in not reporting that Ilex was standing by.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 7 February, 1944.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 May, 1947.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John F. H. Cole	Captain of H.M.S. Albacore Aug, 1914 – late 1914	Succeeded by Percy J. Helyar
Preceded by Edward N. Syfret	Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet 18 May, 1928 – 26 May, 1930	Succeeded by John G. L. Dundas
Preceded by Arthur E. F. Bedford	Captain of H.M.S. Tiger 15 May, 1931 – 6 Aug, 1931	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Ion B. B. Tower	Captain of H.M.S. Blanche 6 Aug, 1931 – 16 Aug, 1932	Succeeded by Irvine G. Glennie
Preceded by Robert R. Turner	Captain of H.M.S. Leander 30 Apr, 1935 – 20 Nov, 1936	Succeeded by James W. Rivett-Carnac as Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. Leander
Preceded by Harold M. Burrough	Captain of H.M.S. Excellent 19 Dec, 1938 – 15 May, 1940	Succeeded by Eric J. P. Brind
Preceded by Ion B. B. Tower	Captain of H.M.S. Malaya 25 May, 1940 – 3 May, 1941	Succeeded by Cuthbert Coppinger
Preceded by ?	Flag Officer in Charge, Trincomalee 26 Mar, 1942 – 8 Jun, 1942	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Louis H. K. Hamilton as Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron	Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron 1 Sep, 1943 – 7 Mar, 1944	Succeeded by Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by Frank H. Pegram	Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport 20 Mar, 1944 – 1946	Succeeded by Sir Douglas B. Fisher
Preceded by Sir Clement Moody	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies 1946 – 1948	Succeeded by Charles H. L. Woodhouse