Born in Wrexham.1,2

"2nd s. of late Lt.-Gen. C. T. Palin, Bombay Staff Corps"

Baptised in Gresford.3

From the Parish Register :-
"Oct 22nd / Gilbert Walter son of / Charles Thomas & Helen Hawker / Palin / Gresford / Major H M Bombay Staff Corps / E R Smith curate"

Married Florence SWINHOE in Croydon, Anerley.11,2,12

From the Cork Constitution :-
"PALIN AND SWINHOE - July 22, at Holy Trinity, Anerley, Lieutenant Gilbert W. Palin, BSC, son of Lieutenant General Palin to Florence, daughter of Col Swinhoe, BSC."

Birth of son Alyn Charles Swinhoe PALIN in India, Deesha.9

Death of son Alyn Charles Swinhoe PALIN in Maidstone.8

Death of Florence SWINHOE in Henley.10

Died in Oxfordshire, Shiplake.4,5,2,6

-From the Times :-
"On Dec. 31, 1946, very peacefully in his sleep, Col. G. W. Palin, C.B., C.I.E., Indian Army (retired), late of Arnewood, Shiplake, Oxon., dear father of Charlton, Phyllis, and Gerald. Cremation at Reading Crematorium, to-morrow, (Friday) at 11 a.m. No flowers, no mourning. Manan-atha."

Buried in Reading, Henley Road Crematorium (Cavesham).4

Age - 84 years
Widower
Died - 31 Dec 1946
Occupation - Officer, Indian Army (retired)
Residence - Tywford, The Hermitage

Obituary.7

From the Times :-
COLONEL G. W. PALIN
Colonel Gilbert Walter Palin, C.B., C.I.E., died on Wednesday at the age of 84, as already briefly announced. The second son of the late Lieutenant-General C. T. Palin, he was born on September 29, 1862, and was educated at Clifton. He entered the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1880, transferred to The north Staffordshire Regiment in 1883, an finally transferred to the Indian Army in 1885. His active service included the Zhob Valley expedition, the Suakim campaign, and the Tirah campaign. His gifts as an administrative officer were recognised by his appointment in 1905 as Director of Supply and Transport for the manoevers in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales to India and in 1911 for the Durbar in honour of King George V. He served throughout the 1914-18 war. He married in 1889 Florence, eldest daughter of Colonel C. Swinhoe. She died in 1942. There were two sons and one daughter of the marriage."

Who was Who.2

"2nd Lieut Royal Fenbigh and Merioneth Rifles (3rd Batt, the Royal Welsh Fusilliers) 1880-83; 2nd Batt. North Staffordshire Regt, 1883-85; Indian army, 1885; joined the Bombay Commissariat Department, 1886; Director of Army Clothing Department, 1906-10; Captain, 1894; Major, 1901; Lieut-Col, 1905; Brevet-Col, 1909; Colonel, 1911; served with Zhob Valley Expedition, 1884; Isazai Field Force, 1892; Suakim Force (Indian Brigade), 1896 (Queen's Sudan Meal, Khedive's medal); Tirah (Afridi War), 1897-98 (despatches, Indian medal), Director Supply and Transport Rawalpindi Concentration and Manoevres for Prince of Wales, 1905; and Coronation Durbar, Delhi, 1911 (CIE Durbar medal); European War, 1914-18 (medal); retired from Army, 1919; an Air Warden, 1938; Good Service Pension, 1932"

Educated Clifton College.2