Sunday 31st January 1.30pm-5.00pm
Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road SE1
Tube: Lambeth North.
Adm: Free. First come, first served
Bring pen and pad and be on time
An investigation of loyalty within the British Empire to explain why black troops would want to fight and die for Britain a country that had enslaved their ancestors .This interactive talk will use film clips, commentary and music to show what life was like in the Caribbean and how that population got to be there in the first place. In addition we detail the exploits of African/Caribbean troops and the wars they fought from 1790’s to the Gulf War.
Special guests include World War 2 veterans from the Caribbean plus extremely rare footage of black fighter and bomber pilots and pioneers such as:
- Sqn Ldr Ulric Cross (Trinidad) highest ranking and most decorated black officer in the RAF
- Connie Marks founder (Jamaica) of We Were There and chair of Mary Seacole campaign
- Billy Strachan Bomber pilot and civil rights activist
- Irwin Everlsy (St Lucia)who fought in Falklands war but was then denied a british passport
- John Smith (Sierra Leone) World War 1 veteran
- Gershon Brown (Barbados) World War 1 Veteran