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…
Service and Sacrifice
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…
A history 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…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice : Norma Best
Born in British Honduras, now known as Belize, Norma was twenty years old when describing herself as ‘one…
Ashley Dweh, Firefighter, London Fire Brigade, 2020 – Present
Ashley says the best part about being a firefighter is ‘that when I put on my uniform, I…
Arlene Wellman MBE, Chief Nurse, Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Baby Friendly Guardian, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Arlene migrated from Trinidad in the 1990s to work for the NHS. Immediately she faced her biggest challenge…
Pauline Campbell-Moss, West Midlands Police 1974 – 1977
“I’d had a childhood dream to be a PC because those were also my initials – I felt…
Petty Officer Fiesha Greene, Royal Navy
Fiesha grew up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and when she was 17 she moved to the…
Albert McLean, Firefighter
In 1972, Albert McLean made headlines by becoming Scotland’s first black firefighter. However, his career in the fire…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Babatunde O. Alakija
Born in Nigeria, Alakija was educated at Oxford and was to hold the British Public School High Jump Championship. Alakija’s father,…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Arthur Wint OD MBE (1920-1992)
Born in Jamaica at 17 Arthur was named Jamaica’s “Boy Athlete of the Year”, and in 1938 was…
Second World War Service and Sacrifice – Ramsay Bader (1919-1992)
Ramsay was born in Chiswick in Essex. His mother was also born in Chiswick, and his father was…
First World War Service and Sacrifice – Richard (Dickie) Barr (1888-1955)
Dickie Barr was born in Perranuthnoe. He was the son of a miner, Richard Barr, who was of…
