Jamaica

Making a Difference - Experiences of a Black British Serviceman

They were reluctant to accept the fact that the British black servicemen were a different race in social...

Trinidad's War

Then there was another station, H.M.S "Benbow", for the officers and crews of a large fleet of...

Birthday Fib gets Jamaican Schoolboy into the RAF

"When it was time for us to leave for England the captain under whom I served in the commissary wanted...

A Jamaican Motorcyclist in the RAF

Stan completed eight weeks of basic training or 'square-bashing' in Yorkshire - at a Butlin's...

A Young Jamaican's View of World War Two

At least four or five of my family joined the Jamaican army and two went into to the RAF. I remember my...

"Sentenced to Death" said the C-in-C

After expressing his pride in the fact that it was the British XIVth Army that had defeated the Japanese in...

The War in Trinidad

Then there was another Station, H.M.S ‘Benbow’, for the officers and crews of a large fleet of...

Schoolboy Memories of War in Jamaica

The only products that weren't short were the products of Jamaica like sugar and bananas and citrus...

When Dad was in the Jamaica Home Guard

The girls from Jamaica got more schooling than the boys at this time... So it was left to the younger boys...

'A Banana A Day Will Keep Hitler Away'

When we were sent to the shop before the war we were able to take a torch with us to see our...

Sweet Memories of the Day War Ended

We lived in the country and there were lots of bushes to hide in and at nights we weren't allowed to...

Teenage Memories of the Effects of the Second World War in Jamaica

A lot of the young men were recruited from Jamaica to join the RAF....

Plane Spotting and Shortages in Jamaica

We felt protected by the Americans that had a base on the island but when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour...

War in Jamaica

I was born in Jamaica in 1934. Some men volunteered for the British Army and Air Force, because of lack of...

Scrap Metal from the West Indies

Some anonymous contributors from the West Indies told these stories about island life to a volunteer story...

Childhood memories of the war years in Jamaica

I was born in 1937, My first memoeies of the war was hearing adults speak of the shortages of things like...