Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

PALMER, Harold

Mentioned in Despatches

PALMER, Harold, CPO, A-653, RCNR, HMCS Stratford

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"This Rating has served on active service since the beginning of hostilities, during which time he has been fifty months at sea, thirty-one months of which were spent on mid-ocean convoy duty in His Majesty's Canadian Destroyers and Corvettes. Particularly during his service in HMCS Stratford, Chief Petty Officer Palmer has displayed great devotion to duty, marked initiative and has conducted himself in such a manner as to be a fine example to the ship's company as a whole."