George McPherson
George was 15 years old when his ex-serviceman friend Barry returned home and told …
Alford Gardner
Alford Gardner was born in 1926 in Jamaica. Before volunteering in 1947 for service the…
Peter Dielhenn
Peter Dielhenn was born in London in 1929. He developed an interest in ships because of his brother who …
Nick Collins
Rudolph (Nick) Collins was nearly 17 years old when his brother’s best friend told him about life…
Steve Mitchell
Veron (Steve) Mitchell volunteered in 1944 to join the Royal Air Force. He was 19 years old and…
Maurice Hudson
Born in Cuba in 1919, Maurice spent his early years there at a time when schooling for Black children was rear…
Cecil Holness
Cecil Holness was born in Jamaica, and at the age of 22, volunteered to fight for Britain…
George Manson
On leaving school in Jamaica at 16 years of age, George got a job as a Clerk in one of the Courts. When Royal Air Force appealed in 1944 for volunteers to help in the war against Germany, he had no hesitation to enlist. He passed the...
Tom Douce
Tom Douce was born in Jamaica. At the age of twenty two…
Sam King MBE
Born in Jamaica in 1926, Samuel King worked with his father on the family farm with every intention of …