Colonel Karl Harris
When Karl Harris first thought about an army career, aged 16, he assumed he’d be a soldier, just…
100 Years of Service and Sacrifice
WO2 Norman ‘Snowy’ Harris (RQMS) Rtd., Royal Artillery, British Army, 1965 – 1987
Since early childhood, Norman had wanted to be a soldier and to travel. His parents were academics and…
Karen Bonner
“I wanted to be a nurse as long as I could remember. I never considered another career and…
Rhoda Akaka, Student paramedic
Rhoda is a student paramedic. She was born in London after her parents moved from Nigeria to the…
Princess Tsehai (1919-1942)
From age eight Tsehai attended schools in England and Switzerland and would travel with her royal relatives to…
Dudley Thompson (1917-2012)
Born in Panama, Dudley’s father was a teacher who had come to the country for work purposes, and…
George A. Roberts (1891-1970)
He became one of the first black men to join the British Army when he was enlisted as…
Charles Wotten (1895-1919)
At the end of the war, Charles remained in Liverpool where the Black community had grown to 5,000…
John ‘Johnny’ Smythe (1915-1996)
He was selected to train as a navigator, due to his high scores on mathematics tests. Assigned as…
Nicole Brown, Nurse, Healthcare Assistant and Student Paramedic, 2016 – present
Identifying as British Caribbean (Jamaica and Barbados), all four of Nicole’s grandparents came to Britain in 1955 as…
Harold Sinson (1921- 2010)
In 1943, having been told by a friend that the RAF was advertising for people from the Empire…
David Clemetson (1893-1918)
This heritage meant that David Clemetson’s family was part of the elite in Jamaica which dominated the then…
Lionel Turpin (1896-1929)
He gave his address as Collingwood, North Shields. According to Lionel’s children, “He (Lionel) felt British. He was…
Walter Tull (1888-1918)
In 1908 Walter started a career in football when he was signed by east London amateur side Clapton,…
Importance of Black History Month to Black soldiers who are #ProudToBe serving
Soldiers of African and Caribbean heritage have been integral to the British Army for more than 100 years….
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Dr Harold Moody (1882-1947)
Born in Jamaica, Harold was the eldest child of a successful retail chemist and strict Congregationalist. Harold moved…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – William ‘Bill’ Miller (1890-1970)
Born in Plymouth, William Alexander Miller, known as Bill Miller, was the son of an English mother and…
First World War Service and Sacrifice; Gershom Browne, (1898-2000)
Born in British Guiana (now Guyana), Gershom lived in rural Bagotsville, he was officially too young to enlist…
100 years of Service and Sacrifice
As we mark 100 years of the coming together of some of Britain’s oldest Remembrance traditions, the Royal…
Cyril Blake (1897-1951)
Although little is known about Blake himself, he would be one of thousands of black seamen from all…
