Newspaper cuttings concerning Robert Palmers award of Victoria Cross

Newspaper cuttings concerning Robert Palmers award of Victoria Cross

Left - Squadron Leader R.A.M. Palmer V.C., D.F.C. & Bar. Father and brother receive medals. Article explains that Robert Palmers father received the Victoria Cross and his brother his Distinguished Flying Cross at investiture at Buckingham Palace. Right - V.C.'s portrait at RAF Club. Article explains that Robert Palmer's portrait was unveiled at the RAF Club, Overcliffe, Gravesend. Includes photograph of unveiling. Bottom right - V.C.'s portrait. Article states that portrait of Robert Palmer would be unveiled at the town hall by Air Marshall Ellwood. Included b/w photograph.

Three newspaper cutting on an album page

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[inserted] 18 DECEMBER 1945 [/inserted]

Squadron-Leader
R.A.M. PALMER,
V.C., D.F.C and Bar

FATHER and BROTHER
RECEIVE MEDALS

“Grand Record,”
States His Majesty

The King on Tuesday morning at Buckingham Palace handed to the relatives of officers and men killed on active service, as next of kin, the decorations and medals which had been awarded.

The Victoria Cross posthumously awarded to Squadron Leader Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer, D.F.C., and Bar, was received by his father, Mr. A.R.F. Palmer, 52, Bellman avenue, Gravesend, and the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar by his younger brother, Cadet D.G.F. Palmer, R.A.F., who graduates at Cranwell to-day (Friday).

“The King shook hands with me,” Mr. Palmer told our representative, “and asked about Bob’s length of service. When I told him His Majesty remarked: ‘He had a grand record.’ The King then asked about my service, and when I told him I served in the Royal Flying Corps in the 1914-18 war and as an Air Training Corps instructor during the recent war the King said, ‘A very fine record.’”

Mr. Palmer said the King also shook hands with Douglas when he received his brother’s D.F.C. and Bar.

Also at the Investiture were the father and mother of Flight Lieut. O. Milne, associate pilot with Squadron Leader Palmer, who had travelled from Scotland to receive their son’s D.F.C.

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[italics] Mr. J.S. Bradley (president of the Gravesend R.A.F. Club) and the Rector (Dr. R.D. Daunton Fear) at the unveiling ceremony. [/italics]

V. C.’s portrait at R.A.F. Club

A PORTRAIT of Squadron-Leader R.A.M. Palmer, V.C., D.F.C., who lost his life while taking part in a bombing raid during the war, was unveiled at the R.A.F. Club, Overcliffe, Gravesend, on Sunday.

The ceremony was performed by the Rector of Gravesend, the Rev. Dr. R.D. Daunton Fear, in the main lounge at the Club.

The Rector was welcomed by Mr. J.S. Bradley, President of the Gravesend branch of the R.A.F. Association).

Among the gathering present were Mr. and Mrs. A.R.F. Palmer, parents of the late Sqn.-Ldr. Palmer, and Mr. D.M. Hall (chairman of the Club).

Tea was served by members of the ladies committee.

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V.C.’s portrait.

THE portrait of Gravesend’s V.C., the late Squadron-Leader R.A.M. Palmer, will be unveiled at the Town Hall by Air Marshal A.B. Ellwood, C.B., D.S.C., A.O.C.-in-C. Bomber Command, at 7.45 on Monday. It is hoped that as many subscribers to the fund as possible will honour the memory of the gallant officer by attending the ceremony.

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The late Squadron-Leader R.A.M. Palmer, V.C.