KEPPEL-PALMER Stewart Leslie

  • First Name(s):
    Stewart 
    Leslie 
  • Surname:
    KEPPEL-PALMER
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Captain

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Tank Corps
  • Battalion:
    3rd (Light) Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    3rd October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, France, Grave III. A. 14.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Llewellin Keppel-Palmer, of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

KEPPEL-PALMER Stewart Leslie Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About KEPPEL-PALMER Stewart Leslie

Additional information on the memorial: M.C. Capt.

Awarded M.C.

Stewart Keppel-Palmer attended Bromsgrove School from 1907 to 1911. He joined the Royal Engineers as a Private in the first month of the war and in 6 weeks was given a commission in the South Wales Borderers. He went to France in October, but returned in May 1916 having been transferred to the Tank Corps on its formation. He went back to France with the first batch of Tanks and won the Military Cross in June 1917. In November (now a Captain) he was wounded at Cambrai and was absent from the Front until the spring of 1918. On 3rd October 1918 he was firstly wounded and was later instantly killed by a second bomb.

Source: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen and Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by David Cross.

The following information is courtesy of David Corless:
Stuart Keppel-Palmer is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour at Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester. This is a dedication to those men of Horwich that gave their lives in the First World War.

Horwich Roll of Honour

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