COLONEL CPR PALMER OBE
CHIER STAFF (FRICER TO THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES
Colonel Patrick Palmer was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlande
in 1953. He saw active service with the Argylls in British Guiana, the Suez operation, Cyprus (DKA campaign), Borneo, Aden and Northern Ireland and he has
also served in West Germany and Berlin,
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Recent staff appointments have been as Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence) in the Ministry of Defence from 1968-70 and as a
member of the Directing Staff at the Staff College Camberley in 1971.
and commanded the 1st En The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from January 1972
until August 1974 and was appointed Chief Staff Officer in October 1974. He is married, his wife's name is Joanna, and they have three children Neil Iona (7) and Alison (5). He represented the Army at Modern Pentathlon in 1959
and his interests include swimming, squash, shooting and collecting prints.
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