by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 2, 2026 | CHAMPIONS
Prince Albert Jacob CHAMPIONS ‘Jake volunteered for the RAF at seventeen and a half years’ Share this: When war was declared in 1939, West Indians played their part for Britain. Both men and women volunteered to protect their islands from the...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 13, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Albert Grant CHAMPIONS ‘I see life like a conveyor belt … and I hope each of us could find our place to contribute to that perfect product’ Share this: From the age of 21, Barbadian-born Albert Grant had dedicated his life to serving the...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 13, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Rev. Dr Joel Edwards CHAMPIONS ‘Words cannot express the depth, breadth and height of my gratitude, but I have gone home’ Share this: Eight-year-old Joel Edwards arrived from Jamaica in 1960. After the early years of education, he worked as a...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 13, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
André Dezonie CHAMPIONS ‘He became the first Black commander of an RAF base (Wittering)’ Share this: André Dezonie was born in 1956 in Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. His elder sister was born in Germany in 1953. The late 1950s and `1960s were...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 13, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Jennette Arnold CHAMPIONS ‘Politician who left her mark on City Hall’ Share this: One of Jennette Arnold’s earliest memories is seeing the lava flowing down from the Soufriere Hills volcano in Montserrat, which would finally erupt in 1995 and...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 3, 2024 | CHAMPIONS
Derrick Thomas CHAMPIONS ‘He became a toastmaster, which allowed him to travel the world’ Share this: Derrick was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1936. His mother was a teacher and she instilled in him the love of learning. After hearing...
