The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
with the rank of Colonel 312 . By July 1915 he had been promoted to Lt. Colonel
313 and he rose to the rank of Brigadier General in February 1918 314 .
As with so many other families throughout England, the Palmers lost their
eldest son during the conflict. Allen Llewellen died in France in 1916; the
Wiltshire Gazette 315 reported that he succumbed to peritonitis after
undergoing an operation for appendicitis. He was buried at Amiens 316 and his
mother attended the funeral. The address was given by Canon Wylde the Vicar
of Melksham. There is a memorial to him in Trowbridge parish church, his
sword was initially also hung there and he appears on the Lacock War Memorial
At about this time George Palmer was renting Naish Hill Farm from Talbot and
was subletting it Robert Marsh Rowles Naish Hill Farm was just over 110 acres
and when the County Council (who had gained it when Lackham was sold to them
see below) sold it in 1957 it was still 104 acres in extent 317
George Palmer was made Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Wiltshire in 1919. From the
announcement of this appointment it is known that he had been made Companion
to the Most Royal Order of the Bath (CB) but again the date of this
appointment is not known.
In 1920 Madeline Palmer was awarded an OBE for her work during the War, the
announcement read “Palmer, Mrs Louie Madeline worker for prisoners of war
and Red Cross funds” 318
312 Army List January 1915 2747. He is shown as being co-opted and in the Territorial
Reserve, he wasn’t regular Army.
313 Army July 1915 2747
314 Army List February 1918 2747
315 Wiltshire Gazette 23 November 1916 WANHS 15.119
317 Agreement between Wilts County Council and DW Dew Esq for the sale of Nash Hill
Farm, Lacock dated 18 th June 1957) Conveyance was on 8 th July 1957 Thrings papers
318 Wiltshire Times Sat April 10 1920 p2
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