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General Palmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2024
Entity authorityQ55950883 ↗
Source-derived summary

General Palmer may refer to:

United Kingdom

Anthony Palmer (British Army officer) (born 1949), British Army lieutenant general

Arthur Power Palmer (1840–1904), British Indian Army general

George Palmer (British Army officer) (1857–1932), British Army brigadier general

Henry Spencer Palmer (1838–1893), British Army major general

Michael Palmer (British Army officer) (1928–2017), British Army major general

Patrick Palmer (British Army officer) (1933–1999), British Army general

Sir Roger Palmer, 5th Baronet (1832–1910), British Army lieutenant general

United States

Bruce Palmer Jr.

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The public source identifies “General Palmer” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around General, Palmer and Wikimedia.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 1840, 1904, 1857—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with General, Palmer and Wikimedia providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “General Palmer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.