Dr J.S. Risien Russell

Dr J.S. Risien Russell

by | Sep 30, 2015 | Pioneers

pioneers Dr J.S. Risien Russell Celebrating Caribbean Neurologist Dr J.S. Risien Russell (1863 – 1939) and his outstanding contribution to the health and well-being of people in Britain.   Dr James Risien Russell in world war one The Dr James Samuel Risien...
Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

by | May 10, 2013 | Pioneers

pioneers Donald Clarke Donald Clarke was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1920, and volunteered for Royal Airforce service in 1944. After training in England, he worked mainly on aircrafts, repairing and spray painting them; he also repaired dinghies and...
John Richards

John Richards

by | May 10, 2013 | Pioneers

pioneers John Richards Like many young Jamaican men of his day, John obtained contract work on USA farms. This began in 1945 when he was 19 years old, but on hearing of Empire Windrush’s one-way fare of £28.10 to England, it was an offer that could not be refused....
Peter Dielhenn

Peter Dielhenn

by | May 10, 2013 | Pioneers

pioneers Peter Dielhenn Peter Dielhenn was born in London in 1929. He developed an interest in ships because of his brother who was in the Royal Navy and his uncle who was a chief baker on a ship during the Second World War. Peter was employed on his first ship,...
Sam King MBE

Sam King MBE

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Pioneers

pioneers Sam King MBE Born in Jamaica in 1926, Samuel King worked with his father on the family farm with every intention of eventually taking over after his dad retired. When war was declared, he was a schoolboy interested in everything that was going on in Britain...
Lucilda Harris

Lucilda Harris

by | Jan 11, 2013 | Pioneers

pioneers Lucilda Harris Lucilda was born in Jamaica, and at the age of 31 was one of the few women passengers who travelled to England on the Empire Windrush in May/June 1948. She had married a tailor who migrated to England in 1947,and he had saved enough money to...