Pair: Private H. L. Palmer, Canadian Mounted Rifles, later Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (297 Pte. H. L. Palmer. Canadian M.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (901 Pte. H. L. Palmer. C.M.G. Bde.) minor edge bruising, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Henry Lorne Palmer was born in Barrie, Ontario, on 4 January 1879 and joined the Governor General’s Body Guard, Canadian Militia. He enlisted as a Trooper in the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles at Toronto on 12 December 1901, and volunteered for service in South Africa, serving in South Africa during the Boer War from 25 February 1902.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Palmer enlisted initially in the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles before transferring to Eaton’s Motor Machine Gun Brigade at Toronto. He served during the Great War in England, with various periods in hospital, before returning to Canada, and was discharged at Quebec on 13 September 1916. He was not entitled to the Victory Medal. He died in Toronto on 27 July 1863.

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