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'''Laurence Reynolds Palmer''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Laurence Reynolds Palmer''', D.S.O. (3 May, 1885 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Palmer was born in Bengal, India in 1885 and gained two months time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} on 15 September, 1901.  His first appointments would be in the battleships {{UK-Jupiter}}, {{UK-Russell}} and finally the newly commissioned {{UK-Queen}}.  After ten months in the {{UK-1Leander|f=t}} and in {{UK-KingEdwardVII}}, he was appointed to the {{UK-Nith|f=t}} on 4 March, 1907.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
  
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Promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1907, Palmer was reappointed in ''Nith'' until receiving his first command appointment in {{UK-TB72}} on 18 September, 1907.  This stint would last two years and a half years.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
  
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Palmer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Bonetta|f=t}} on 3 November, 1912.{{NLJul13|p. 287}}
  
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Palmer was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1915.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
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Palmer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Bonetta|f=t}} on 3 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 287.</ref>
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He was in command of the {{UK-Defender|f=t}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], operating with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 46}}
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In March, he was appointed in command of {{UK-Obdurate|f=p}}, but on 4 April he was appointed to the {{UK-1Defender|f=t}}, in which he would fight at the [[Battle of Jutland]], operating with the {{UK-DF|1}}.{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 46}}
  
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On 23 November, 1917, Palmer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Violent|f=t}}.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 936}}
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On 23 November, 1917, Palmer was appointed in command of the {{UK-Violent|f=t}}. He would finish out the war in her.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
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==Post-War==
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Palmer was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1919, and was discharged from ''Violent'' that day for a new appointment to ''Egmont'' as her Executive Officer, and to provide disciplinary duties.  He left to be sent to Plymouth Hospital for rheumatic fever.  He would not be found fit again for a considerable time.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
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Palmer was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} and place on the Retired List at his own request on 10 May, 1931.<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>
  
 
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard William Uniacke Bayly|Richard W. U. Bayly]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Bonetta (1907)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Bonetta'']]'''<br>3 Nov, 1912<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref> &ndash; 3 Dec, 1913<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Grendon Tippet|Arthur G. Tippet]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Cecil Henry Hulton Sams|Cecil H. H. Sams]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Defender (1911)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Defender'']]'''<br>4 Apr, 1916<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref> &ndash; 15 Oct, 1916<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert|Walter O. H. Lambert]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''|'''[[H.M.S. Norseman (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Norseman'']]'''<br>15 Oct, 1916<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''z''}} &ndash; 23 Nov, 1917<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Patrick Butter|Patrick Butter]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Ralph Wilmot Wilkinson|Ralph W. Wilkinson]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Violent (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Violent'']]'''<br>23 Nov, 1917{{NLAug19|p. 936}}<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref> &ndash; 6 Sep, 1919<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|James R. C. Cavendish]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles Dominick Burke|Charles D. Burke]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Centaur (1916)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Centaur'']]'''<br>20 Feb, 1925<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref> &ndash; ''c''. Mar, 1925<ref>Palmer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.}} f. 190.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Colin Kenneth MacLean|Colin K. MacLean]]'''}}
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Captain (retired) Laurence Reynolds Palmer, D.S.O. (3 May, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Palmer was born in Bengal, India in 1885 and gained two months time on passing out of Britannia on 15 September, 1901. His first appointments would be in the battleships Jupiter, Russell and finally the newly commissioned Queen. After ten months in the second class protected cruiser Leander and in King Edward VII, he was appointed to the destroyer Nith on 4 March, 1907.[1]

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1907, Palmer was reappointed in Nith until receiving his first command appointment in T.B. 72 on 18 September, 1907. This stint would last two years and a half years.[2]

Palmer was appointed in command of the destroyer Bonetta on 3 November, 1912.[3]

Palmer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1915.[4]

In March, he was appointed in command of H.M.S. Obdurate, but on 4 April he was appointed to the destroyer Defender, in which he would fight at the Battle of Jutland, operating with the First Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

On 23 November, 1917, Palmer was appointed in command of the destroyer Violent. He would finish out the war in her.[6]

Post-War

Palmer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1919, and was discharged from Violent that day for a new appointment to Egmont as her Executive Officer, and to provide disciplinary duties. He left to be sent to Plymouth Hospital for rheumatic fever. He would not be found fit again for a considerable time.[7]

Palmer was promoted to the rank of Captain and place on the Retired List at his own request on 10 May, 1931.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Philip G. Wodehouse 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 72
11 Sep, 1907[9] – 5 Apr, 1910[10] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey T. Wright
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 072
Preceded by
James F. Houstoun 		Captain of H.M.S. Crane
8 Jan, 1912[11] – Jul, 1912[12] 		Succeeded by
Arthur G. Onslow
Preceded by
Arthur K. Gregory 		Captain of H.M.S. Ettrick
Jul, 1912[13][14] – Aug, 1912[15] 		Succeeded by
Alexander G. Fleming
Preceded by
Philip A. Shepherd 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 7
17 Aug, 1912 – 17 Oct, 1912[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Fairfax M. Kerr
Preceded by
Wilfrid W. Hunt 		Captain of H.M.S. Fawn
31 Aug, 1912[16] – 3 Nov, 1912[17] 		Succeeded by
Herbert E. W. C. Whyte
Preceded by
Richard W. U. Bayly 		Captain of H.M.S. Bonetta
3 Nov, 1912[18] – 3 Dec, 1913[19] 		Succeeded by
Arthur G. Tippet
Preceded by
Henry de B. Tupper 		Captain of H.M.S. Seal
3 Dec, 1913[20] – 3 Mar, 1914[21] 		Succeeded by
Charles H. N. James
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Obdurate
8 Mar, 1916[22] – 4 Apr, 1916[23] 		Succeeded by
Cecil H. H. Sams
Preceded by
Cecil H. H. Sams 		Captain of H.M.S. Defender
4 Apr, 1916[24] – 15 Oct, 1916[25] 		Succeeded by
Walter O. H. Lambert
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Norseman
15 Oct, 1916[26][27] – 23 Nov, 1917[28] 		Succeeded by
Patrick Butter
Preceded by
Ralph W. Wilkinson 		Captain of H.M.S. Violent
23 Nov, 1917[29][30] – 6 Sep, 1919[31] 		Succeeded by
James R. C. Cavendish
Preceded by
Kenneth F. Sworder 		Captain of H.M.S. Sharpshooter
5 Feb, 1922[32] – 13 Jul, 1922[33] 		Succeeded by
Valentine Searles-Wood
Preceded by
Charles D. Burke 		Captain of H.M.S. Centaur
20 Feb, 1925[34] – c. Mar, 1925[35] 		Succeeded by
Colin K. MacLean
Preceded by
Francis B. Hanson 		Captain of H.M.S. Shikari
8 Jun, 1927[36][37] – 26 Nov, 1928[38] 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey S. Holden

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  2. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 287.
  4. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 46.
  6. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  7. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  8. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  9. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  10. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  11. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  12. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  13. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 309.
  15. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  16. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  17. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  18. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  19. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  20. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  21. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  22. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  23. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  24. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  25. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  26. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395z.
  28. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 936.
  30. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  31. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  32. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  33. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  34. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  35. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 269.
  37. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.
  38. ↑ Palmer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 190.

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