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 …
Allan Wilmot
Alan was born in Jamaica in 1925. After leaving college in 1941, he volunteered…
Lucilda Harris
Lucilda was born in Jamaica, and at the age of 31 was one of the few women passengers who travelled to England …
Windrush 67th Anniversary Celebration
"We work with community groups, holding conferences, seminars, workshops, social and culturally inclusive events to which any member of the public is welcome. The programmes usually includes lectures, conferences, discussions, poetry, music, dance and presentations on...
Mona Baptiste, the Trinidad-born blues singer, entertains fellow passengers onboard the ship
On 22 June 1948 more than 500 men and women disembarked at Tilbury Docks, Essex, England, having travelled from the…
Windrush Foundation promotes good community relations
WINDRUSH FOUNDATION promotes good community relations, endeavoring to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of race,
Betty Asafu-Adjaye
How can we become each other’s keeper? H is the question I have been asking since I started the Mission Dine Club …