Sub Lieutenant, Eric Arthur PALMER
Aged 24
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He was born in 1918 in South Africa, the son of Reginald and Muriel Kolbe PALMER (née CARNEGIE), of Mildenhall. He attended Soham Grammar School from 1931 to 1933 and is
commemorated on the Roll of Honour there. It appears that he was the brother of Sister Evelyn PALMER, also named on the Mildenhall memorial
In the 1939 register, at Stone's Stores, Mildenhall were his father [14-1-1883] grocer; his mother Muriel K [12-11-1893] and Ruby FLACK [22-3-1916] a servant. |
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H.M.S. HOLCOMBE was a HUNT Class Escort Destroyer. On 12th December 1943 at 14:45 she was hit by a Gnat torpedo fired from U-boat U-593 and sank in position
37:20 N, 05:30 E. north-east of Bougie, Algeria. 83 of her crew were lost but survivors were picked up by the US destroyer USS Niblack.
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photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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