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 1897
British Army 5152 Private London Regiment 4/4th Battalion
Born 1893
British Army R/15828 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army 225 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
Royal Navy Z/39 Bristol Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division
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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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Born 1893
British Army 68273 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
Born 1859
Royal Navy 361684 Officers Cook 1st Class
Royal Navy 361684 Officers Chief Cook
Royal Navy 361684
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Born 1890
Died 1972
British Army Acting Lieutenant Sierra Leone Medical Service
British Army Lieutenant West African Frontier Force
Born 1897
Died 1982
British Army King's Own Scottish Borderers
British Army 41180 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers
British Army 411237 Private Labour Corps 883 AE Company
Born 1894
Died 2002
British Army 3931 Private British West Indies Regiment
Born 1883
Died 1927
Royal Navy 361310 HMS Retribution
Royal Navy 361310 Able Seaman HMS Chester
Other Empire Force 11241 Able Seaman Mercantile Marine - SS Eastcheap
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Born 1890
British Army 111885 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery
Born 1877
Died 1937
Other Empire Force Donkeyman Merchant Navy
Born 1891
Died 1968
British Army PS/8581 Private Royal Fusiliers
Born 1866
British Army 4560 Sergeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion
British Army 3435 Boy King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 269491 Sergeant Labour Corps Western Command
Born 1894
Died 1958
British Army 53643 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
Born 1884
British Army 68267 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
Born 1886
Died 1953
British Army 3280 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army S/445263 Private Royal Army Service Corps
Born 1885
British Army 65401 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion
Born 1892
Died 1955
British Army 401629 Royal Army Service Corps 1st Training Battalion
British Army 139467 Royal Horse & Field Artillery No 7th Training School
British Army 311681 Royal Garrison Artillery 2/1st Northumbrian (West Riding ) Heavy Battery
Born 1897
Died 1957
British Army 91658 Private Tank Corps
British Army 91658 Driver Tank Corps
Born 1890
Died 1970
British Army Sergeant Middlesex Regiment