George Prior-Palmer
Major General George Erroll Prior-Palmer, CB, DSO (20 February 1903 – 18 August 1977) was a senior British Army officer and businessman of Anglo-Irish origins.He saw service in the Second World War and later was military attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., and General Officer Commanding the 6th Armoured Division.The son of Prior Spunner Prior-Palmer, of County Sligo and 32 Merrion Square, Dublin, and Anne Leslie Gason, of Kilteelagh, County Tipperary,[2] Prior-Palmer was educated in England at Wellington College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[4] After the outbreak of war, in 1940 he saw active service in North West Europe, where he was mentioned in despatches, and in 1944 took part in the Normandy landings as commander of the 27th Armoured Brigade, serving on the continent until 1945.In 1951 he was promoted major general and given command of the newly reformed 6th Armoured Division.