PALMER, William Gordon

Ploegsteert Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
2nd Battalion
Rifle Brigade

William was born 1888 in Newport to William Leonard & Laura Elenor (nee GODDARD) PALMER who were living at 12 Cross Lane, Newport around the time of William’s death. In 1901 William was recorded as living at Victoria Road in Newport, but by 1911 he was a Rifleman in the 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade, Fort William, Calcutta, India.

William, aged 27, was reported as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 9th of May 1915, & he is commemorated by the Commision upon the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium with more than 11,300 of his First World War comrades who still have no known grave.

William is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.