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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | West | | | First names | Joseph | | | Rank / occupation | Commander |  | Unit | Royal Navy | | | Death date | 1852 ? | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | July 1852 | | | Page number | 109 | | | Detail | Commander Joseph West, R.N. He entered the navy June 1807, as volunteer on board the Temeraire 98, at Portsmouth; and was twice wounded in cutting out gun-boats from Bantam, in the island of Java. In 1809 he was present in an attack upon a body of Malay pirates; and at the capture in 1810 of the island of Banda Neira, he was one of those who escaladed the walls of the castle of Belgria. In 1811 he assisted at the capture of Palambang and Sambas. He was made Lieutenant 1814, and Commander 1841, and served in the Hecate steam-sloop on the coast of Africa from June 1845 to the spring of 1847. |
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