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352 Herbert Palmer, Protectorate Regiment and PR Field Force

Does anyone have any information on the man, all I know is his Address after discharge Town Gate, Marsdon, Huddersfieild
Brother in law Mr Howard of Thomas River, Cathcart, CC

Burberry
Welcome to the Forum.
The only reference I can find on "352 Herbert Palmer of the PR" is from an old photocopied roll of Mafeking defenders; a man in B Sqn. who received the QSA medal with clasps D of M, OFS and Transvaal. He is not listed in the bio's on the Mafeking Siege Register by Walker.
Regards
IL.

Two transcription records on find My Past:

First name(s) Herbert
Last name Palmer
Year 1899-1902
Rank Trooper
Service number 352
Regiment B Squadron Protectorate Regiment Frontier Force
Rolls WO100/263 page 243
Literary references The National Archives WO127. Nominal rolls colonial units.
Notes QSA Clasps: DoM,OFS,T
Country Great Britain
Record set Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Boer Wars
Collections from Great Britain, UK None


First name(s) Herbert
Last name Palmer
Birth year -
Age 19
Year -
Soldier number 352
Regiment Protectorate Regiment
Nationality English
Next of kin's title Mr
Next of kin's last name Howard
Next of kin's relationship Brother In Law
Next of kin's address Thomas River
Next of kin's town Cathcart, C C
Record set British Army, Local Armed Forces' Enrolment Forms, Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory Boer Wars
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Here he is on a Medal Roll, findable on Ancestry. He is about three quarters of the way down:



I think you meant Town Gate, Marsden, Huddersfield - if so this could be him on the 1911 Census:



I have found this Herbert Palmer on a public family tree and he is missing on the 1901 Census whilst other family members are present which is a good sign for somebody who served in the ABW. However he does not appear to have had a brother-in-law surname Howard. He had 3 sisters but one died too young to marry and the other as shown on census return became Mrs Dodson and the third Mrs Beardsall.

Finally if you do a name search on this site it would appear his QSA was auctioned three times, last being 1999 when it fetched £760.

Hope some of this helps.

Thank you very much for your reply, it has been very helpful, I can flesh out his details.
Martin

Burberry,

Here is his entry from the draft Mafeking book:

Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, 7 November 1873. Enlisted in the PRFF and posted to A Squadron. Also served Cathcart DMT (4 Trooper), FLH (630?) and StH (1290) 28 February 1901 to 29 August 1902. QSA (3) issued 22 January 1904. His StH attestation gives his trade as clerk. 5'7". Blue eyes, light colour hair and no marks. Address: PO, Durban, NOK: Father, John Palmer, Marsden near Huddersfield, Yorkshire. KSA from StH issued 22 January 1904. Freemason of the Blyth Lodge, Butterworth, Cape Colony in 1906. Trade: Trader. Enlisted in the CMP (2051 Private) in Cathcart, 24 November 1906.

Best wishes
David

For what it is worth - Father = John Palmer fits with Herbert the South African soldier etc being the Herbert on the 1911 Census (posted above) and the sister of Eva as this extract from the 1881 Census for Albert St, Huddersfield shows:



Btw Herbert appears to have passed away in Huddersfield in 1936.