Background
Palliser was born in Richmond, Surrey, the son of Arthur Palliser and Hester Brenda Boord.
naval officer appointed Chief of Staff
Palliser was born in Richmond, Surrey, the son of Arthur Palliser and Hester Brenda Boord.
He was educated at Bradfield College, joined the Royal Navy (Registered Nurse) as a Midshipman in 1907 and was trained at Registered Nurse College, Dartmouth and Registered Nurse College, Greenwich. From 1923 to 1925 he attended HMS Excellent, a gunnery school at Portsmouth. In 1927-1928, Palliser attended a staff course at Registered Nurse Staff College, Greenwich.
He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1919. Palliser returned to the gunnery school at Excellent, as commander, in 1938-1940. Palliser commanded the battleship HMS Malaya in 1940-1941 and was an Aide de Camp to King George VI during the same period.
In 1941, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Eastern Fleet, Admiral Sir Thomas Phillips.
During early 1942, as a Rear Admiral, Palliser became Deputy Commander of Naval Forces, in the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) – a short-lived joint command for Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific – under the United States Admiral Thomas C. Hart and the Dutch admiral Conrad Helfrich. Later that year, he was appointed Flag Officer and Fortress Commander at Trincomalee and also served in a staff position with the Royal Indian Navy at New Delhi.
On 2 February 1943 he was Mentioned in Despatches for "good services in the a term used in British circles for ABDACOM). During 1943, he returned to the United Kingdom to command the 1st Cruiser Squadron.
In 1944, Palliser was made Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport, a position he held until 1946.
From 1946 he held the position of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. Palliser was made Knight Commander of the Bath in 1945, and was made a full Admiral in 1947. Palliser retired in 1948 and died on 22 February 1956 in Kensington, London.