Joseph Leslie Blackham Explained

Joseph Leslie Blackham
Birth Date:	29 February 1912
Birth Place:	Warwickshire, England
Death Place:	Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Allegiance:	United Kingdom
Branch:	Royal Navy
Rank:	Rear Admiral
Battles:	Second World War Korean War
Awards:	Companion of the Order of the Bath
Laterwork:	High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight

Rear Admiral Joseph Leslie Blackham (29 February 1912  - 18 May 2004) was a Royal Navy officer.^[1] He saw service in the Second World War and in the Korean War. He was appointed CB in 1965^[2] and was later High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight.^[3]

References

1. ‘BLACKHAM, Rear-Adm. Joseph Leslie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 Dec 2013
2. Blackham . Joseph Leslie . Order of the Bath . The London Gazette . 12 June 1965 . Supplement . 12 November 2023.
3. Blackham . Joseph Leslie . Privy Council Office - England . The London Gazette . 21 March 1975 . State Intelligence . 12 November 2023.