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...
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....
George McPherson

George McPherson

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles George McPherson George was 15 years old when his ex-serviceman friend Barry returned home and told him about England. The stories fascinated him so much that he was keen to emigrate. When Empire Windrush stopped at Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, in May 1948 and...
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,...