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ROLL OF HONOUR 49
Captain Roland Gasker Palmer, 2nd Battn. South
Wales Borderers, was born in August 1876, at Loretto
1887 to 1892, and a School Prizeman. He entered the
R.M. Coll., Sandhurst, in 1895, where he captained
the Association XI. He was gazetted to the 2nd
South Wales Borderers and served with them in South
Africa. Promoted Captain in the 5th Fusiliers in
1902, he rejoined his old Regiment in 1907, which
at the outbreak of war was serving abroad. It was
brought home and incorporated in the 29th Division,
Dardanelles Expeditionary Force.
Captain Palmer was killed on April 25, 1915, at
' Beach S " (Morto Bay), during the Great Landing
in Gallipoli.
Lieutenant Thomas Simpson Paterson, Lanes and
Cheshire R.G.A., was born in July 1890, and was at
Loretto 1899 to 1909. Prefect. XV. XL After
leaving school he entered an architect's office, and in
1913 he went into his father's firm in Liverpool as an
Estate Agent. He had been a member of the local
Territorial Artillery Brigade prior to August 1914,
and on the outbreak of war was mobilised with his
Battery of the Lanes and Cheshire R.G.A. and went
on active service with them.
On November 10, 1916, a shell burst in the Battery
Officers' Mess dug-out, which killed Lieut. Paterson
instantaneously. The Battery was at Guillemont at
the time.