Private 20370 John Robert PALMER

Private 20370 John Robert Palmer{gallery}Pte J R Palmer{/gallery}1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 30th October 1916 aged 23

• Buried: Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave III.B.9
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of John Robert and Elizabeth Palmer, 154 Inkerman Street, Vauxhall, Birmingham
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Palmer
• Gorre British and Indian Cemetery
• Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 11 Apr 1893 and baptised 16 Aug 1893 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
• Lived at 57 St Andrews Road, Aston, Birmingham [1901]
  
• Lived at Earls Road, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a brickyard labourer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France 6 May 1915