See also
| Husband: | Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER (1876-1949) | |
| Wife: | Rebecca HALL (1876-1955) | |
| Children: | Robert Thomas PALMER (1914-1999) | |
| Marriage | 8 Mar 1948 | Brighton, East Sussex |
| Brighton Register Office | ||
Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER, 1899, age 23, Pedlar Palmer USA2
| Name: | Thomas (Pedlar) PALMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Robert Thomas PALMER (1847-1903) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth MAYERS (1846-1890) | |
| Birth | 25 Sep 1876 | Canning Towm, West Ham, Essex |
| 5 Forty Acre Lane Plaistow | ||
| Death | 13 Feb 1949 (age 72) | Brighton |
| General Hospital | ||
| Burial | Bear Road Cem. Brighton | |
| Occupation | Pugilist/Boxer | |
Rebecca HALL, 1945, age 69, Nan
| Name: | Rebecca HALL | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Charles HALL (1853-1918) | |
| Mother: | Rose REES (REECE) (1859-1925) | |
| Birth | 10 May 1876 | Spitalfields London |
| Death | 14 Jul 1955 (age 79) | Haywards Heath, Sussex |
| Cause: Dementia Address: St Francis Hospital |
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| Occupation | Cigar Maker | |
| Burial | Brighton Jewish Cemetery, | |
| Meadowview, Brighton Block J Row 7 No. 40 Buried South East Corner. 5th row south of path. 9th plot from east. |
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Robert Thomas PALMER, Bobby PALMER (2)
Spouse: Bertha POGREBINSKY, Bertha PALMER
| Name: | Robert Thomas PALMER | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Bertha POGREBINSKY (1915-1995) | |
| Birth | 21 Oct 1914 | Bow, London |
| 104 Coborn Road | ||
| Death | 26 Jan 1999 (age 84) | Hove, East Sussex |
| Cause: 1(a) Sigmoid volvulas. 11. Ischaemic heart disease, Alzheimer's disease Address: Grosvenor Lodge Rest Home, 40 Old Shoreham Road After post mortem without inquest |
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| Occupation | Wrestler/Film Stunt man | |
| Cremation | Woodvale Crematorium | |
| Brighton, East Sussex Remains placed with wife in Hove Cemetery,(North), Jewish Section |
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1921 census living as Palmer family at 1 British Street, Poplar Borough, London. New housing now as heavily blitzed during WW2. 1930 and 1931 living at 16 Norfolk Road, Brighton. Jan 1936 living at 5a Montpelier Villas, Brighton, (Post card from son Timothy in USA addressed to 'Dear Dad'.). 1939 Register living at Flat 1, 27 North Road, Brighton, Sussex, England . Later living at 65 then 16 Buckingham Road, Brighton.
Some records incorrectly show birth date as 19th November 1876. World Batamweight Boxing Champion 1895 to 1899. Known as 'The Box of Tricks'.
On 8th Nov 1893 'Pedlar' Palmer had a 3 round Benefit exhibition fight with William Pike at the Custom Kouse Victoria B.C.Freemasons Road in aid of his father Robert Palmer.
He owed a Tobacco shop in 213 Barking Road, Plaistow run by his brother Matthew. In 1906 after leaving his first wife he lived with Rebecca Hall. Spent 1 month in prison at Xmas 1906 for assault. Address given as 33 Shandy Street Mile End. He killed Robert Choat on a train returning from Epsom races on 22 April 1907. Choat died from a fatal blow to a neck artery following a argument with Palmer. After 3 months in custody Palmer was found guilty of Manslaughter at Guildford Assises on 15th July 1907 and given five years penal servitude. Released from Portland Prison on 29th April 1911 on licence. Father of Robert Thomas born 1914 and claimed to be father of Timothy born 1907.
1881 Census shown living parents and siblings at 20 Whites Row, Spitlafields.1891 census living with parents and siblings at 35 Raven Row, Mile End Old Town, London.
1911 census living without husband William Pike or 'partner' Thomas Palmer at 104 Coborn Road, Bow, London with sons Alfred, Timothy and neice Rose Horton.
1921 census living a1 British Street, Poplar, London with Mother and father Thomas Palmer and half siblings all with surname wrongly given as PALMER. June 1936 joined as a steward on The Orient Line passenger ship, the Orford. This ship led the line of merchant ships at the ceremonial opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932. Built by Vickers Amstrong at Barrow in 1928, the Orford was bombed and beached at Marseilles while evacuating troops from France in 1940. In 1947 the Orford was refloated and scrapped.
Bobby jumped ship abroad and returned by 1937 and obtained a licence as a boxing timekeeper.
Wrestler when young, Enlisted at Uxbridge joining R.A.F. 7th Sep 1939 during W.W.2 and became Sargent P.T.Iinstructer. No. 901957 in 907/8 Sdg based at Tangmere. Later film stunt man e.g 'Room at the Top' and TV wrestling referee. Owned Antique buisness. Before retirement was car delivery manager for Alan Day Ltd of London. No children.