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{{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Arthur Francis Eric Palliser''', K.C.B., D.S.C., Royal Navy (20 July, 1890 – 22 February, 1956) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:58, 7 April 2022

Admiral SIR Arthur Francis Eric Palliser, K.C.B., D.S.C., Royal Navy (20 July, 1890 – 22 February, 1956) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a merchant Palliser entered the Navy as it was transitioning to the new training scheme for cadets and was sent directly to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as part of the September 1905 intake term.

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1911.[1]

In July, 1914, he was appointed to Tyne for command of reduced T.B.D.s.. He spent the early portion of the war at H.M.S. Excellent before being appointed to Exmouth for gunnery duties on 9 February, 1915. He left Exmouth when he was again sent to Excellent on 1 September 1917.[2]

On 17 February, 1918, he was appointed to the light cruiser Comus as first and gunnery officer.[3]

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1919.[4]

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.[5]

On 18 November, 1929, Palliser was appointed to Warspite, additional, as fleet gunnery officer. He was superseded in this role on 26 May, 1930.[6]

Palliser was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Tiger on 15 May, 1931 and was promoted to the rank of Captain shortly thereafter, on 30 June, 1931.[7]

On 20 November, 1936, Palliser was appointed to Cumberland, additional, as a Commodore, Second Class to serve as Chief of Staff to Command-in-Chief, China, vice Attwood.

World War II

Palliser was appointed in command of the battleship Malaya in May, 1940. In a Court of Enquiry following the loss of the destroyer Hyperion to a mine on 22 December 1940, it was determined that Palliser had been "most neglectful in not reporting that Ilex was standing by.[8]

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941.[9]

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 7 February, 1944.[10]

Palliser was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 May, 1947.[11]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John F. H. Cole 		Captain of H.M.S. Albacore
Aug, 1914[12] – late 1914 		Succeeded by
Percy J. Helyar
Preceded by
Edward N. Syfret 		Fleet Gunnery Officer, Mediterranean Fleet
18 May, 1928[13] – 26 May, 1930 		Succeeded by
John G. L. Dundas
Preceded by
Arthur E. F. Bedford 		Captain of H.M.S. Tiger
15 May, 1931[14] – 6 Aug, 1931[15] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Ion B. B. Tower 		Captain of H.M.S. Blanche
6 Aug, 1931[16] – 16 Aug, 1932[17] 		Succeeded by
Irvine G. Glennie
Preceded by
Robert R. Turner 		Captain of H.M.S. Leander
30 Apr, 1935[18] – 20 Nov, 1936 		Succeeded by
James W. Rivett-Carnac
as Captain of H.M.N.Z.S. Leander
Preceded by
Harold M. Burrough 		Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
19 Dec, 1938[19] – 15 May, 1940[20] 		Succeeded by
Eric J. P. Brind
Preceded by
Ion B. B. Tower 		Captain of H.M.S. Malaya
25 May, 1940[21] – 3 May, 1941[22] 		Succeeded by
Cuthbert Coppinger
Preceded by
? 		Flag Officer in Charge, Trincomalee
26 Mar, 1942 – 8 Jun, 1942 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Louis H. K. Hamilton
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron
1 Sep, 1943[23] – 7 Mar, 1944[24] 		Succeeded by
Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by
Frank H. Pegram 		Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport
20 Mar, 1944[25] – 1946[26] 		Succeeded by
Sir Douglas B. Fisher
Preceded by
Sir Clement Moody 		Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
1946 – 1948 		Succeeded by
Charles H. L. Woodhouse

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  2. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  3. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  4. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  5. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  6. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  7. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  8. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  9. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  10. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  11. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 271.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 260.
  14. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  15. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  16. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  17. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 251.
  19. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  20. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  21. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  22. ↑ Coppinger succeeded him. Coppinger Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 684.
  23. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  24. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  25. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
  26. ↑ Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.

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