Patrick Palmer | |
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Born | April 29, 1933 |
Died | November 23, 1999 | (aged 66)
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1950 - 1992 |
Rank | General |
Commands held |
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Armoured Brigade North-Eastern District 2nd Infantry Division Staff College, Camberley Allied Forces Northern Europe |
Battles/wars | Aden Emergency |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Other work | Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle |
General Sir Charles Patrick Ralph Palmer, KCVO, KBE was Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle 1992 to 1999. He had been Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe.
Military career[]
Educated at Marlborough College and Sandhurst, Palmer was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1953.[1] He went on to serve in British Guyana, Suez and Cyprus.[1] He returned to Sandhurst as an instructor in 1961 and then served with his regiment in Borneo and then Aden.[1] After a spell in Whitehall, he returned to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion from 1972 to 1974.[1] In 1977 he became Commander 7th Armoured Brigade.[2]
In 1980 he was given command of the British Army Advisory Training Team in Zimbabwe, advising President Mugabe.[1] In 1982 he was appointed General Officer Commanding North-Eastern District, in 1983 he became General Officer Commanding North East District and Commander 2nd Infantry Division and in 1984 he was made Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley.[2] In 1986 he became Military Secretary and in 1989 he was promoted to full general and became Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe before retiring in 1992.[3]
He was Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 1992 to 1999. After the great fire in 1992 he co-ordinated much of the re-building work. He retired from this position due to ill health in 1999 and was succeeded by Air Marshal Sir Richard Johns.
Family[]
In 1960 he married Sonia Wigglesworth; they had one son.[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married Joanna Baines in 1966; they had two daughters.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Obituary: General Sir Patrick Palmer Glasgow Herald, 30 November 1999
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Army commands
- ↑ Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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