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William James West

In memory of:

Chief Officer William James West

May 9, 1942
North Atlantic

Military Service


Age:

35

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

S.S. Kitty's Brook (St. John's, Newfoundland) (124076)

Additional Information


Born:

January 1, 1907
Gillingham, England

Son of Walter James West and Margaret Emma Edgcomb from Plumstead, London, England. Husband of Christina Malsey Brown from Borden, Hampshire, England.

On 10 May 1942, at 3:10 am, she was sailing unescorted when she was torpedoed by U-588 35 miles (56 km) south-east of Cape des Sables, Nova Scotia, and sank in twenty minutes, position 42°56'N/63°59'W.

Commemorated on Page 246 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Panel 62.

Location:

THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.

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  • SS Kitty's Brook– William James West was on the SS Kitty's Brook when the ship had sunk.
  • Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
  • Dedication

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