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George Galsworthy Palmer, artist, born 1913 in Aldershot to Henrietta Palmer (nee Galsworthy)and William Palmer owners of the Angel Hotel in Aldershot He was educated at Aldershot Grammar School, and then the Royal College of Art. His Uncle was the Writer John Galsworthy. In 1940 after marrying his sweetheart Noeleen Hislop, he joined the Leeds Rifles and after training was sent to North Africa until he received a head wound, when his tank was hit, at the Battle of El Alemaine. After recovering from his wound was posted to R.E.M.E. no. 2 base workshop (Alexandria) as a draughtman, and helped run troop entertainment, did some propaganda work, until his return to the UK in 1946. He became an art teacher in Lytham St Annes, then Asst. Head Nottingham Art College and finally passed away in 1972 of complication from the head injury he received in the Second World War, at this time he was head of High wycombe and Amersham Colleges of Art