Billie Palmes
{{Short description|British Army officer and polo player (1884–1961)}}
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Major Edward William Eustace Palmes (23 August 1884 – 31 March 1961) was an English international polo player.The Times 4/02/1961, page 12
Early life
Palmes came from an aristocratic family of Yorkshire. He was the son of Major Guy St. Maur Palmes, Justice of the Peace of Lingcroft and Naburn, York and Georgina Rosabelle Lloyd, the daughter of Edward Lloyd. He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was then commissioned into the 10th Royal Hussars.
Polo
He was a member of the polo team that won the inter-regimental polo tournament in India in six consecutive years (1907–12). In 1913 he was a member of the Quidnuncs team, which won the Champion, Whitney, and Coronation Cups. He was a 9 handicap player and reached the final of the Khadir Cup in 1910. He played for Count J de Madre's Tiger team.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&q=Edward+William+Eustace+Palmes&pg=PA150 |title=The Evolution of Polo - Horace A. Laffaye - Google Books |date= 12 September 2009|isbn=9780786454150 |accessdate=2012-05-22|last1=Laffaye |first1=Horace A. |publisher=McFarland }}
Military
Palmes served between 1914 and 1918 in World War I with the 10th Royal Hussars and was wounded twice. He was awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He assumed command of the regiment under very difficult circumstances and organised the defence of his position. He showed great courage and ability under very heavy fire, and on relief volunteered to hold his posts for a further twenty-four hours, which he did with two of his squadrons".[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30135/supplements/5997/page.pdf The London Gazetta Supplement] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}
Personal life
References
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External links
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&q=palmes+Polo+in+the+United+States&pg=PA66 Polo in the United States: A History - Horace A. Laffaye, Dennis J]
- [http://www.burkespeerage.com/ Burkes Peerage - PALMES of NABURN]
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Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:British Home Guard officers
Category:10th Royal Hussars officers
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst