Anthony Palmer (British Army officer)

Anthony Palmer
Born	13 March 1949
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1970-2005
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	2nd Bn Royal Green Jackets 8th Infantry Brigade
Battles/wars	The Troubles
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Anthony Malcolm 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.

Military career

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]

References

1. The Pakistan Society
2. Debrett's People of Today
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, London: The Times
7. Launch of project to help ex-service homeless find employment, UK Government, 17 June 2004