by Windrush Foundation | May 10, 2017 | Profiles
profiles Norma Best In 1944, Britain appealed to her colonies for assistance and one of the smallest was British Honduras (now Belize) responded. Norma Best (nee Leacock) was among those who volunteered. She was 20 years old, at the time. With five other...
by Windrush Foundation | May 10, 2013 | Profiles
profiles Connie Mark Born and brought up in Kingston with her sister, mother and father, Connie Mark (nee McDonald) was 16 when World War Two was declared. At the age of 21 she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), and served in Jamaica as a medical...