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London Metropolitan Archives

PALMER FAMILY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3051

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: PALMER FAMILY

Date(s): 1881-1992

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.22 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Palmer | family | of Willesden and Wembley

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Leonard Palmer was known as Billy. He lived in Willesden and Wembley. His father was Walter Edward Palmer, a member of the Metropolitan Police Force. Leonard was married to Florence.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Leonard Palmer and his family, including account of Leonard Palmer's life; certificates of birth, marriage and death; school records, 1920-21; property records; papers relating to travel in Africa and the Middle East; diary of Florence Palmer, 1945; obituaries; photographs of Leonard Palmer's military service, 1940s; medals awarded to Leonard Palmer, 1939-66; family photographs including Walter Edward Palmer in Metropolitan Police uniform; and family trees.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3051/001 to 027.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records donated on 15 May 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Military medals | Military awards | Awards | Social norms | Social behaviour
Military service | Armed forces | State security
Photographs | Visual materials
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Genealogy
Medals
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Wembley | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Willesden | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Brent
Middle East
North Africa