Brigadier Godfrey Vaughan Palmer (21 February 1900 – 28 April 1972) was a British Army officer and England international rugby union player of the 1920s.
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and after getting his commission into The Queen's Regiment served in Ireland during the Anglo-Irish War.
He had been an England reserve on over a dozen occasions before gaining three caps as a wing three quarter in the 1928 Five Nations and contributed two tries in their win over France, en route to them achieving the grand slam.
He was Brigadier General Staff, Supply and Relief, following the liberation of Greece, and was commander of the British sector of a divided Vienna in 1945.
For his wartime service, Palmer was awarded the American Legion of Merit, CBE, Silver Medal of the Greek Red Cross and Territorial Decoration.