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,...
Nick Collins

Nick Collins

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Nick Collins Rudolph (Nick) Collins was nearly 17 years old when his brother’s best friend told him about life in England, and Nick immediately decided to emigrate. “As things would have it, there was an advert in the local paper saying that a ship was going...
Maurice Hudson

Maurice Hudson

by | May 10, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Maurice Hudson Born in Cuba in 1919, Maurice spent his early years there at a time when schooling for Black children was rear. So his parent moved to Jamaica when he five years of age, and life was better. His father’s mother was Margaret Garvey, the brother...
Cecil Holness

Cecil Holness

by | May 8, 2013 | Profiles

profiles Cecil Holness Cecil Holness was born in Jamaica, and at the age of 22, volunteered to fight for Britain against Hitler’s army in World War II. Cecil’s decision was not only about service in the Royal Air Force, but he was motivated by a sense of adventure and...
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...