by Ma8-_lPO9 | Mar 2, 2024 | PIONEERS
FRANCIS AND MARJORIE ARIS PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS Brother-in-law of the first Black pilot to fly for Britain in First World War Share this: Frank and Marjorie Aris were among the 597 passengers that boarded the Empire Windrush in Kingston, Jamaica, in May 1948....
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 23, 2023 | PIONEERS
Evelyn Wauchope PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS Cash-strapped seamstress stowed away but landed all smiles 1913 - 2010 Share this: It was an opportunity she could not miss. At 39 and working as a seamstress, Evelyn Wauchope had longed for a better life and felt that...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 23, 2023 | PIONEERS
VINCENT STEWART PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS His work took him to Burma, then a British crown colony 1913 - 2010 Share this: His work took him to Burma, then a British crown colony, where he built the roads and bridges later used by Allied troops during the Second...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 23, 2023 | PIONEERS
Willis & Eileen Johnson PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS Couple’s return to Jamaica proved false dawn 1920 - 1989 (WIllis) 19xx - 2015 (Eileen) Share this: Willis and Eileen Johnson boarded the Empire Windrush at Kingston, Jamaica, with their two small children in...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 23, 2023 | PIONEERS
Clinton Edwards PIONEERS & CHAMPIONS Menial work indignity prompted re-joining the RAF 1926 - 2018 Share this: Like many passengers on the Empire Windrush, 21-year-old Clinton Edwards had served in the RAF as a Jamaican volunteer but found it hard to settle...
by Ma8-_lPO9 | Jun 23, 2023 | PIONEERS
Vidal Dezonie PIONEERS ‘RAF officer whose career reached new heights’ 1927 - 2016 Share this: So eager was Vidal Dezonie to fight for Britain during the Second World War that he fibbed about his age to qualify for the RAF. He would go on to have...
