Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: 89th Foot, Black Bandsmen, British armed Forces, Chelsea Pensioners, Dominican Republic, East India Company, French West Indies, George Cocoa, George Warner, Gosport, Haiti, Hampshire, Ireland, Java Clasp, Joseph Gasford, Meath, Military General Service Medal, Napoleonic Wars, Portsmouth, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Soldier, St Domingo, Turkish Music, Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Waterloo, West India Regiments, West Indies, black soldiers, jamaican, slave
Far from Home;
A Brief Record of the Life, Military Service and Death of Joseph Gasford; A Black Bandsman of the 89th Foot; Late of St. Domingo and Gosport, Hampshire.
By John D Ellis.
Joseph Gasford was born in French governed St. Domingo, (modern day Haiti and the Domincan Republic), in 1785. Whether he was born enslaved or ...
Posted in Black Britain, Black People in Europe, Black Soldiers, Caribbean History
