Scottish chaplain and stretcher-bearer who accompanies his parishioners to the front. His bagpipe playing accompanies Sprink's caroling, facilitating the truce. He conducts a brief Mass but is later reprimanded by superiors for promoting fraternization, leading him to remove his cross in disillusionment.
Palmer acts as the spiritual and medical support for Gordon's unit.
Their musical exchange bridges the trenches and initiates the truce.
A clash between institutional militarism and Palmer's humanitarian beliefs.
Palmer provides spiritual solace to Audebert and the French troops.
Both engage in the shared human experience of the Christmas truce.
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