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Article: Veteran's cancer linked to service.
- Article from:
- Newmarket Journal (Newmarket, England)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2007
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A ROYAL Navy veteran died from lung cancer as a result of the time he spent working in the engine room of ships where pipes were lagged with asbestos, an inquest heard.
Seventy-two-year-old Francis Palmer, of Brook Street, Soham, had malignant mesothelioma, a type of cancer which, the hearing at Ely heard, in 97 per cent of cases recorded was linked to exposure to asbestos.
Mr Palmer had served with the navy as a mechanical engineer between 1952 and 1959. He died at his home on March 31.
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