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• Neil Palmer, my life, my family and my research.
  • A Life in the British Army, 1981 to 2003
    • 1st. The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, December 1982 to December 1986
      • Exercises UK and BAOR, 1983 to 1987
      • KAPE Tour, 1985, Wales and Border Counties
      • Operation Steer Pike / Gobi Dust, May 1986
      • Ranges, 1983 to 1986
      • Operation Hyperion, Multi-National Force, Beirut, Lebanon
    • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, SMC 871, January to August 1987
    • 1st. Royal Tank Regiment, August 1987 to February 1994
      • BAOR Exercises, 1988 to 1992
      • British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada (BATUS), 1988
      • Border Patrol, C Sqn., 1 RTR, 1988
      • Nordic Skiing, 1988/89, an Uphill Struggle!
      • A Sqn., 1 RTR, Hohne Ranges, 1989
      • Operation Banner, Roulemont Tour, 2nd. Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, A Company, January to June 1990.
      • Operation Granby, Gulf War 1, 14th. / 20th. Kings Hussars
        • Gulf War 1, Arrival and Work Up 20 December 1990 to 17 January 1991
        • Gulf War 1, Air and Ground War, 17 January to 28 February 1991
        • Gulf War 1, post-war and departure, 28 February to 1 April 1991
      • Allied Command Europe, Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), SO3, Recce Brigade HQ, September 1992 to February 1994
      • Operation Lecturer, United Nations Transitional Authority Cambodia (UNTAC)
  • Family Research
    • Bolton, Richard Ernest
    • Clark, Eric Henry
    • Clark, Lionel Elderton
    • Helme, Samuel and his 6 Brothers
    • Lewis, Samuel Snell
    • Murphys of the Irish Guards
    • Palmer, Samuel Oliver Alec (Paternal Grandfather)
      • Palmer, Sam (Soapy); Mitcham Athletics Club and the Glory Years, 1936 to 1939
    • Roscoe, Oliver Marsden (Maternal Grandfather)
  • Historical Research
    • BLESKOP MEMORIAL, near Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa
      • BAKER, ERIC VICTOR
      • DAHSE, STEPHEN GEOFFREY
      • MACLEAR, BASIL GEORGE HOPE
      • PARSONS, CECIL BRAITHWAITE
      • STRANGMAN, KINGSLEY LOUIS
      • THRIFT, ALBERT JOHN (C J Thrift on Memorial)
      • TOUCHE, ERIC PERCY JOHNSTONE
      • THE GRAY FAMILY AND THE MEMORIAL
    • FRANSCHHOEK WAR DEAD, World War 1 and 2
      • VAN SCHALKWYK, CAREL HENDRIK BAUMJRATS
      • WENTZEL, VINCENT ARDERNE
      • BARRY, NATHANIEL JOHN MERRIMAN
      • BARRY, ADRIAN MICHAEL
  • Sail Training Association