by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Peter Jonas PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Toddler who was destined to be a musical maestro’ 1946 - 2020 Share this: Peter Jonas would have been too young to remember his journey on the Empire Windrush 75 years ago. Aged almost two, he was travelling with...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Clinton Johnston PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘After settling in London, family man returned to Jamaica’ 1925 - 1978 Share this: Conflict with his father and the fact that he had a brother already living in London, were Clinton Johnston’s two main...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Lloyd Hylton PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘After cold start, newcomer quickly became an old hand’ 1924 - 2007 Share this: Jamaican-born Lloyd Hylton spent his first night in England at the Clapham South Deep Shelter in London where he was treated to a...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Iva & Bobby Hylton PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS ‘Wife crossed Atlantic to join awaiting husband’ 1925 - 2020 Share this: Eugene Hylton had been married to his wife Iva for less than two years when, in 1944, he enlisted into the RAF in his native...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 11, 2024 | PIONEERS
Neville Henry PIONEERS ‘It was homeward bound for family man’ 1924 - 1985 Share this: When Neville Henry booked his ticket for the Empire Windrush, he gave his address as 60 Trinity Lane in Hinckley, Leicestershire, where his wife, Mary, lived....