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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British Army 5712 Private London Regiment 3/4th lond Battalion
British Army 39401 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion
British Army 12742 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1894
British Army PS/8580 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion
Born 1891
British Army 4495 Private East Surrey Regiment
British Army 206300 Private Labour Corps
British Army 7810 Private London Regiment 2/7th (city of lond Battalion
British Army 12733 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1874
Died 1918
British Army 4952 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army Royal Defence Corps
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
Born 1894
Other Empire Force Trinidad Motorcycle Corps
British Army 4793 Trooper Machine Gun Regiment of Foot Guards 2nd Battalion
British Army 3203 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion
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Born 1896
British Army 5139 Private London Regiment 4/4th lond Battalion
Born 1894
British Army 62843 Private Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion
British Army 303776 Private Manchester Regiment
British Army 12748 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1888
British Army 64528 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
Born 1895
British Army Private Colored K K
British Army 46549 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 3rd Battalion
Born 1886
Died 1918
British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
British Army Second Lieutenent Royal Lancashire Regiment
British Army B23589 and 72189 Corporal Royal Fusiliers and Training Reserve Battalion 26th Battalion and Training Reserve Battalion
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Born 1890
British Army T4/140935 Private Army Service Corps
British Army 3714 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army SS/8623 Private Army Service Corps
British Army 305387 Private Labour Corps
British Army 12732 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1881
British Army 252249 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/6th Battalion
British Army 53331 Private Royal Defence Corps 4th Observation Company
Born 1891
British Army 26222 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
Born 1890
British Army 5636 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 44 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Non European Section
Born 1886
Royal Navy 306177 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Devonshire
Royal Navy 306177 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Colossus
Born 1889
British Army 4200 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2/4th east Battalion
British Army 201369 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 3/4th Battalion