by Windrush Foundation | Jan 15, 2022 | News
Remembering Lord Woodbine The event looks back at the life and times of WWII RAF ex-serviceman Harold Phillips aka Lord Woodbine who was the first musical mentor of The Beatles. He was 19 years of age after arriving on the Empire Windrush on 22 June 1948 and later...
by Windrush Foundation | Oct 21, 2021 | FEATURED, News
ALLAN CHARLES WILMOT (1925 – 2021) ALLAN CHARLES WILMOT (1925 – 2021) Allan volunteered first for the Royal Navy in 1941 when there was a call for volunteer servicemen from Jamaica. He saw an advertisement in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper when he was sixteen and a...
by Windrush Foundation | Aug 13, 2021 | FEATURED, News
WINDRUSH MONUMENT AT WATERLOO STATION- REDACTED MINUTES OF WINDRUSH COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE In June 2018, the Honourable Teresa May MP announced the formation of the Windrush Commemoration Committee “… commissioned by the Prime Minister to provide advice on how best...
by Windrush Foundation | Jul 26, 2021 | HOME, News, PREVIOUS EVENTS
Still Breathing Saturday 31 July 2021 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm Launch of a collection of essays by 100 Black British people about racism. The book is edited by Suzanne Packer, better known for her role in Casualty, and Suzette Llewellyn, for her role in EastEnders. Still...
by Windrush Foundation | Jun 28, 2021 | News, PREVIOUS EVENTS
Armed Forces Day: Honouring Colonel Karl Harris SATURDAY 26 JUNE I 6PM- 7:30PM Karl was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1994, commanded a Germany-based unit during 2015-2017 and has been deployed on seven operational tours, most recently to Iraq (2017-2018)....
by Windrush Foundation | Jun 18, 2021 | News, PREVIOUS EVENTS
Windrush Day with Alford Gardner TUESDAY 22ND JUNE I 6PM- 7:30PM At age 18, he served Britain in the Royal Air Force during WWII, demobbed to Jamaica in 1947, but returned on the Empire Windrush on 22 June 1948 at Tilbury Docks. All are invited to this event in honour...