Private Thomas Palmer

Army Number : 51352

Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Arnold, Nottingham. Husband of Mabel Palmer, of 54 Furlong Avenue, Arnold, Nottingham. He was a road man for the Urban District Council and enlisted at Arnold, Nottingham. He died 20th September 1917.

Buried: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.

Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private Palmer is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottingham
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottingham
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.

His brother Private Joseph Palmer 2/5th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry also fell in the Great War.