Anthony Palmer (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Anthony Malcolm Douglas Palmer CB CBE (born 13 March 1949) is a retired British Army officer. He was Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) from 2002 to 2005.

Anthony Palmer
Born13 March 1949
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1970-2005
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held2nd Bn Royal Green Jackets
8th Infantry Brigade
Battles/warsThe Troubles
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Career

Educated at Winchester College, Palmer was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1970 and served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[1] He became Commanding Officer of 2nd Bn Royal Green Jackets in 1988, Commander of 8th Infantry Brigade in 1992 and Director of Army Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1996.[2] He went on to be Director-General of Army Training and Recruiting in 1999, Deputy Commander (Operations) of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia in 2002 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel) in 2002 before retiring in 2005.[3]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Pakistan Society.[4] He has also organised a summer adventure camp for black youths in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality,[5] introduced gender-fair training for women in the army after it was found that a policy of equal treatment resulted in a high level of injuries for female recruits[6] and launched Project Compass to help ex-service homeless find employment.[7]

He was awarded CB in the New Years Honours, 2005.

His cousin is the British politician Nick Palmer.

References
  1. The Pakistan Society
  2. Debrett's People of Today Archived 17 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jeremy Paxman (4 November 2003), Army bullying allegations, BBC
  4. Partnership with Private Sector Vital to Eliminate Poverty, Business Recorder, 17 June 2006
  5. Hugh Muir (20 August 2007), "Black army officers recruited to help stop gang violence", The Guardian
  6. Michael Evans (22 March 2005), "Women pay painful price for equal military training", The Times, London
  7. Launch of project to help ex-service homeless find employment, UK Government, 17 June 2004
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