Basic Details
Surname
Palmer
Forenames
Danhoe
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
63630
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 831 Lincoln Road.

(CWGC records that "Danloe Palmer", regimental number 63630, died aged 30 on 11/6/1917 serving in 101st Field Company of the Royal Engineers, and is buried in Plot 1. Row B. Grave 39 at Hop Store Cemetery in Belgium. They record him as the son of George and Mary Palmer, and the husband of Ethel May Palmer of 831 Lincoln Road, Peterborough. Although CWGC records him as "Danloe", his birth was registered as "Danhoe Dossey Palmer" in Peterborough in 1886, and he appeared as such on census and in Army records. His marriage to Ethel May Hills on 6/8/1906 was recorded in the marriage register of Peterborough St Paul's Church as "Danhoe Palmer". On the 1911 census he and his wife were living at 48 Thistlemoor Road, New England, Peterborough with their infant son. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Danhoe Palmer's widow Ethel was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sapper
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Vlamertinghe
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Vlamertinghe
Cemetery
Hopstore Military Hospital
Year of death
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
11
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Vlamertinghe
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
831, LINCOLN ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial