Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer

Lieutenant R.N.V.R. Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (28 October, 1883 – 1936) was an officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First World War.

Palmer was born on 28 October, 1883 and educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He passed a Foreign Office competitive examination on 6 February, 1906 and was appointed a Student Interpreter on 10 February. He was promoted to Assistant on 7 September, 1908.

Bibliography

• The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book (1917). London: H.M.S.O.
• "Mr. C. E. S. Palmer" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 20 May, 1936. Issue 47379, col D, pg. 18.
• Travers, Tim (October 2001). "Liman von Sanders, the capture of Lieutenant Palmer, and Ottoman anticipation of the Allied landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915". The Journal of Military History 65 (4): pp. 965-979.

Service Record

• ADM 337/228