Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer J. Palmer, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Genista was sunk by U-57 in the Atlantic, 23 October 1916

1914-15 Star (75516. J. Palmer. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (175516 J. Palmer. C.P.O. R.N); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (175516 Joseph Palmer, P.O. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Vernon) with three related miniature awards, Princess Mary Christmas Tin, and Admiralty enclosure slip for campaign medals, good very fine (4) £140-£180

Joseph Palmer served during the Great War as a Chief Petty Officer with H.M.S. Genista, a minesweeping sloop which was launched 26 February 1916. He was killed in action, along with 72 other crew members, when she was sunk by the German U-57 in the Atlantic, west of Ireland, 23 October 1916.

Chief Petter Officer Palmer is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.