Manfred Jerome Palmes (5 February 1887 – 5 May 1968) was an

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first-class

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er and

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officer. A member of the

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, he was the son of Francis Jerome Palmes and Mary Theresa Broadbent and was born in February 1887 at Naburn Hall at Naburn, Yorkshire. Palmes graduated from the

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in 1906, entering the

as an acting sub-lieutenant, with confirmation in the rank coming in April 1908. The following April he was promoted to the rank of

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. He served with the Royal Navy in the

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, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in March 1917. Following the war, Palmes played

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for the

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, making two appearances against the

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in 1919 and 1920. He was promoted to the rank of

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in December 1921, a rank he retained until his retirement in February 1933. Palmes later emigrated to South Africa, where he died at

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in May 1968.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmes, Manfred 1887 births 1968 deaths Cricketers from York Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Navy officers Royal Navy personnel of World War I English cricketers Royal Navy cricketers English emigrants to South Africa 20th-century English sportsmen