Joseph Brome (British Army officer, died 1825)

Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Brome (died 1825) was a British Royal Artillery officer who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Brome was appointed to command HM Bomb Tender Judith in 1797 and saw service with her the following year in the Expedition to Ostend and the Capture of Minorca.

In 1801 Brome was appointed to command HM Bomb Ship Thunder and served in the Raids on Boulogne, during which he was mentioned in a despatch made by Admiral Nelson.

During the 1815 Waterloo campaign Brome held a position at Halle, Belgium, covering the British line of retreat, and saw action at the storming of Cambray.

On 22 September the same year he was promoted to first lieutenant and posted to Erith, as second in command of Royal Artillery detachments destined for the East Indies.

[2] During 14 May to 25 June 1798 the Judith took part in the expedition to Ostend to destroy the locks of the Bruges Canal under the command of the Duke of York, and later in the year actions on the coast of France.