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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Chief Officer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Kitty's Brook (St. John's, Newfoundland) (124076)
Birth:
January 1, 1907
Gillingham, England
Death:
May 9, 1942
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 62.
Additional information
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.
Digital gallery of Chief Officer William James West
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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
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Dedication
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer William James West
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer William James West
Digital gallery of
Chief Officer William James West
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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