HMS Thetis
was a 2nd Class Cruiser which served between November 1899 and April 1901. Commanded by Captain W Stokes Rees CB.
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QSA (0) (W. H. Palmer, A.B. HMSThetis);
1914-15 Star (142386, W. H. Palmer, P.O.1., R.N.);
BWM and VM (142386 W. H. Palmer. P.O.1 R.N.)
William Henry Palmer was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire in October 1871. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1887 and was first assigned to the school ship HMS Impregnable as a Boy Second Class. By 1894 he had also served aboard the ironclad battleship HMS Bellerophon and the troopship Euphrates. In February 1898, he was posted to the cruiser, HMS Thetis and was aboard during her involvement in the Boer War.
He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in October 1912 and was recalled at the beginning of the Great War, during which he served in HMS Peshawar and aboard the cruiser HMS Theseus, the latter being involved in the Dardanelles Campaign. He was discharged to pension in March 1919.
Picture courtesy of DNW
QSA (0) (W. H. Palmer, A.B. HMSThetis);
1914-15 Star (142386, W. H. Palmer, P.O.1., R.N.);
BWM and VM (142386 W. H. Palmer. P.O.1 R.N.)
William Henry Palmer was born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire in October 1871. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1887 and was first assigned to the school ship HMS Impregnable as a Boy Second Class. By 1894 he had also served aboard the ironclad battleship HMS Bellerophon and the troopship Euphrates. In February 1898, he was posted to the cruiser, HMS Thetis and was aboard during her involvement in the Boer War.
He transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in October 1912 and was recalled at the beginning of the Great War, during which he served in HMS Peshawar and aboard the cruiser HMS Theseus, the latter being involved in the Dardanelles Campaign. He was discharged to pension in March 1919.