Ralph Ottey: The desire to join.
In 1942, 19-year-old Ralph Ottey came from the Caribbean to join the Royal Air Force (RAF) and became part of the World War 2 Dam Busters. What inspired him to get on that ship to fight for Britain? Ralph was raised by his grandparents in Little London (Jamaica). He was Continue Reading
Sidney McFarlane MBE
Mr Sidney McFarlane, a father of three, a trained engineer with a British firm, had been brave enough to come to England from Jamaica in 1955. He was one of thousands of Caribbean people who answered the ‘Mother Country’s’ call for assistance during and after the Second World War. Once Continue Reading