Official French mayors and military personnel in attendance WEST INDIAN Armed Forces Personnel who lost...
Official French mayors and military personnelWEST INDIAN Armed Forces Personnel who lost their lives serving in France during World Wars I and II, are being honoured in Ètaples, Le Touquet in Northern France on the 1st of October 2022.
The Royal British Legion are sponsoring the visit headed by National Windrush Museum Army Veteran board members, Sue Liburd and Zac Robinson and Paul Chambers, Chair of the British West India Regiments Heritage Trust accompanied by 35 others for the trip across the channel. Eleven graves , at the military cemetery are clustered in rows 37a, 37b and 37c, from the British West India Regiment . Eight of the men laid in rest are Jamaicans and one St Lucian and one Bahamian. These graves stand as a permanent and emblematic reminder of the thousands of men who travelled from the West Indies to fight for our freedom and never returned.
By shining a spotlight on the resting places of these West Indians this visit seeks to remember and connect the individuals we commemorate with current and future generations. Many families and decedents still tell stories of their loved ones who died in the Great Wars, but for whom their resting place is unknown, and they speak of those who survived only to face extreme racism when arriving in the UK to support the rebuild of Britain.
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