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Black Poppies
Black Poppies
Inspired by the book "Black Poppies" by Stephen Bourne, this community remembers the lives of black servicemen and women. Like that book, this community defines the term "black" as including Caribbean and British people of African origin. (To keep numbers manageable, I'm not including by default everyone who served in the West Indies Regiment - they can easily be found on Lives by searching for West Indies.)
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Born 1893
British Army 68273 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
More about Charles Ford -
Born 1859
Royal Navy 361684 Officers Cook 1st Class
Royal Navy 361684 Officers Chief Cook
Royal Navy 361684
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More about James Ross Young -
Born 1894
British Army WR/554395 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 521039 Sapper Royal Engineers
British Army 243150 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion
More about John Morris -
Born 1896
Died 1929
British Army 23012 York and Lancaster Regiment
British Army A/202638 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot
More about Lionel Fitzherbert Turpin -
Born 1896
Died 1919
Canadian Expeditionary Force 931763 Private Canadian Forestry Corps No.2 Construction Company (Coloured)
More about James Doval Stewart -
Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army 413 Private Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) 24th (Service) Battalion
More about Louis Achoy -
Born 1899
Died 1955
British Army 207431 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment 6 Battalion
British Army G/24948 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment
More about Harold Brown -
Born 1891
British Army 26339 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
More about James Clarke -
Born 1898
Died 2000
British Army 9131 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Gershom Browne -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Ammunition Column, 148 Brigade
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Y/5 Trench Mortar Battery
More about George Edward Kingsley Bemand -
Born 1898
British Army 645916 Private Labour Corps Southern Command
More about Martin Luther Brown -
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Born 1894
British Army PS/8580 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion
More about Reginald Emanuel Collins -
Born 1893
British Army 62842 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion
More about Harold George Jonas, Or Jones -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 12528 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd Battalion
More about Richard Henry Bascombe -
Born 1878
British Army 4892 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army 65984 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine
More about Samuel William Manns -
British Army 7810 Private London Regiment 2/7th (city of lond Battalion
British Army 12733 Private British West Indies Regiment
More about Edwin Jennings -
Born 1886
Died 1918
British Army 38477 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
More about Theophilus Davis -
Born 1883
British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 290th Area Labour Company
British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 827th Area Labour Company
British Army 9867 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion
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More about John Maloney Hill -
Born 1893
Died 1969
British Army L/41805 Corporal Royal Field Artillery
British Army 227990 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army L/41805 Gunner Royal Field Artillery
More about Norman Washington Manley