Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Princess Ademola
Princess Omo-Oba Adenrele Ademola, the daughter of the Alake of Abeokuta, a significant king in the southern region…
100 Years of Service and Sacrifice
First World War Service and Sacrifice – Marcus Bailey (1883-1927)
A Barbadian who having served in the Mercantile Marine joined the crew of the Royal Naval vessel HMS…
Chief Petty Officer Evadne Gordon Royal Navy Reservist
Evadne Gordon from Hackney, London, was just 19 years old when she joined the Royal Naval Reserve as…
First World War Service and Sacrifice – Louis Achoy (1896-1918)
A Trinidadian as a 19-year-old sailor he was recruited in Newcastle upon-Tyne by the Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Tyneside…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Hubert ‘Baron’ Baker (1925-1996)
Born in Jamaica in 1925, Baker came to Britain in 1944, aged 19. Baker joined the RAF as…
First World War Service and Sacrifice – Harold Brown (1899-1955)
Harold Brown was born in Poplar in London’s East End, to parents John Benjamin Brown, a West Indian…
First World War Service and Sacrifice – George Edward Kingsley Bemand (1892-1916)
Born in Jamaica, George was the eldest of four children born to a white father, George, and a…
