Talk:Robert Palmer (British writer)

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Did you know... that a football injury saved Robert Palmer (pictured) from being besieged at Kut, but he died serving with the relief expedition?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 21:37, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Palmer in 1911

... that a football injury saved Robert Palmer (pictured) from being besieged at Kut, but he died serving with the relief expedition? Source: "On 24th November Bobby had an accident in the football field ... his presence at the fatal battle of Umm-Al-Hannah arose from his detention at Amarah. The day after he sprained his leg, half the battalion (including his "A " Company) were ordered to move upstream immediately to an unknown destination. To his great chagrin, they started without him, leaving him in the hands of the Medical Officer." from page 172 of Ridding, Laura Elizabeth Palmer (1921). The Life of Robert Palmer, 1888-1916. London: London : Hodder and Stroughton. That the force that left was besieged at Kut is covered in the next half dozen pages. Palmer's death in the relief expedition is on pages 196-201
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfe-class ship of the line

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:15, 7 December 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - See comments
Overall: @Dumelow: Good article! However, you used the wolfe-class ship of the line as a QPQ for two of your nominations when there was only one article in that nomination. So i'll need a different QPQ for it. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:12, 8 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]