Lauren Phillpotts
Laurent Phillpotts was born in Jamaica in 1923. He had been a trainee linotype…
Connie Mark
Born and brought up in Kingston with her sister, mother and father, Connie Mark (nee McDonald) was …
Donald Clarke
Donald was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1920, and volunteered for Royal Airforce service in 1944 …
John Richards
Like many young Jamaican men of his day, John obtained contract work on USA farms. This began in 1945 when he was …
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…