Arthur Palliser

Admiral Sir Arthur Francis Eric Palliser, (20 July 1890 – 22 February 1956) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the Second World War. Early life and career Palliser was born in Richmond, Surrey, the son of Arthur Palliser and Hester Brenda Boord. He was educated at Bradfield College, joined the Royal Navy (RN) as a naval cadet in 1905 and was trained at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and Royal Naval College, Greenwich. By 1911, he had achieved the rank of lieutenant. Following service during the First World War, Palliser was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre avec Palme in 1917. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1919. In 1921, Palliser married Margaret Eva King Salter, with whom he had a son and a daughter. From 1923 to 1925 he attended , a gunnery school at Portsmouth. In 1927–28, Palliser attended a staff course at the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. During 1930–32, he achieved the rank of captain and spent brief periods as fleet gunnery officer, Mediterranean, executive officer of the battlecruiser , with the Atlantic Fleet and as commander of the destroyer , in the Mediterranean. During 1934–35, he attended the Royal Naval War College at Greenwich, followed by an appointment as chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief, China (1936–38). Palliser returned to the gunnery school at Excellent, as commander, in 1938–40.