
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…
Identifying as British Caribbean (Jamaica and Barbados), all four of Nicole’s grandparents came to Britain in 1955 as…
In 1943, having been told by a friend that the RAF was advertising for people from the Empire…
This heritage meant that David Clemetson’s family was part of the elite in Jamaica which dominated the then…
He gave his address as Collingwood, North Shields. According to Lionel’s children, “He (Lionel) felt British. He was…
In 1908 Walter started a career in football when he was signed by east London amateur side Clapton,…
Soldiers of African and Caribbean heritage have been integral to the British Army for more than 100 years….
Born in Jamaica, Harold was the eldest child of a successful retail chemist and strict Congregationalist. Harold moved…
Born in Plymouth, William Alexander Miller, known as Bill Miller, was the son of an English mother and…
Born in British Guiana (now Guyana), Gershom lived in rural Bagotsville, he was officially too young to enlist…
As we mark 100 years of the coming together of some of Britain’s oldest Remembrance traditions, the Royal…
Although little is known about Blake himself, he would be one of thousands of black seamen from all…
Born in British Honduras, now known as Belize, Norma was twenty years old when describing herself as ‘one…
Ashley says the best part about being a firefighter is ‘that when I put on my uniform, I…
Arlene migrated from Trinidad in the 1990s to work for the NHS. Immediately she faced her biggest challenge…
“I’d had a childhood dream to be a PC because those were also my initials – I felt…
Fiesha grew up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and when she was 17 she moved to the…
In 1972, Albert McLean made headlines by becoming Scotland’s first black firefighter. However, his career in the fire…
Born in Nigeria, Alakija was educated at Oxford and was to hold the British Public School High Jump Championship. Alakija’s father,…
Born in Jamaica at 17 Arthur was named Jamaica’s “Boy Athlete of the Year”, and in 1938 was…
Ramsay was born in Chiswick in Essex. His mother was also born in Chiswick, and his father was…