Euton Christian

Euton Christian

by | May 10, 2014 | Profiles

profiles Euton Christian Euton was born in Jamaica and volunteered to fight for Britain in 1944, at the age of 20. Many of his friends had already signed up, and he did not want to be left behind. After a short spell of training on the island, he and other volunteers...
Dudley Anderson

Dudley Anderson

by | May 10, 2014 | Profiles

profiles Dudley Anderson Dudley Anderson was born in Jamaica in 1925, and like many other young men in 1944 he volunteered to join the Royal Air Force. He travelled to England, trained, and served as a Medical Orderly. Before being demobbed, he took a bookkeeping and...
Al Gibson

Al Gibson

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Al Gibson Al was born in Cuba 1925, but grew up in Jamaica. He volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force in 1944 after seeing an advertisement in the Gleaner inviting men to volunteer for service in World War 2. “It was my boyhood dream to travel and...
Nurvin McKoy

Nurvin McKoy

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Nurvin McKoy Nurvin was born in Belize City, British Honduras (now Belize) in 1926. His father served the British Army in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during World War 1, and then there was an appeal for Royal Air Force volunteers from the colonies, Nurvin did not...
Arthur Leigh

Arthur Leigh

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Arthur Leigh Arthur was 22 years old when he answered the call from the Royal Air Force to volunteer to fight the Nazis in World War II. He had been employed as a clerk in Jamaica, but felt that the opportunity to serve in England was better than any other on...
Lauren Phillpotts

Lauren Phillpotts

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Lauren Phillpotts Laurent Phillpotts was born in Jamaica in 1923. He had been a trainee linotype operator at the Gleaner before volunteering for service in the Royal Air Force in 1943. After three months training at a camp on the island, he travelled to...