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Notable achievements of servicemen from the West Indies
Notable achievements of servicemen from the West Indies
From journalists to government ministers to doctors. Champions of universal suffrage and independence. Highly decorated soldiers and test pilots. Leading specialists in the field of ‘neurasthenia’, and the discovery of the rabies virus.
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Born 1887
Died 1957
Other Empire Force Surgeon-Lieutenant Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers
More about Joseph Lennox Pawan, Mbe -
Born 1893
Died 1966
British Army 2441 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 2441 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Private South Lancashire Regiment
More about Joseph Vere Everette Johns -
Born 1898
Died 1966
British Army 9479 Private Seaforth Highlanders
British Army 359091 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion
British Army Private Cameron Highlanders 6th (Service) Battalion
More about Herbert Gladstone Mcdavid, M.s.m. -
Born 1863
Died 1939
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd London General Hospital
More about James Samuel Risien Russell -
Born 1896
Died 1967
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15466 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps
Other Empire Force Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers
British Army M2/150359 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport
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More about Claude Mcclean Vincent -
Born 1890
Died 1970
British Army Sergeant Middlesex Regiment
More about George Arthur Roberts, B.e.m. -
Born 1893
Died 1974
Indian Army Captain 9th Hodson's Horse 6th Battalion
More about Frank Walter Messervy -
British Army 15 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 24746 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion
Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve Of Officers
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More about James B G Austin -
Born 1873
Died 1924
Other Empire Force Medical Officer British Red Cross
More about John Alcindor -
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 -
Born 1896
Died 1976
British Army 1139 Private British West Indies Regiment
British Army Stk/1857 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 10th (st Battalion
More about Oriel St Arnaud Duke -
Born 1881
British Army Captain Dragoon Guards
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Dragoons
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hussars
More about Horace Somerville Sewell -
Born 1890
Died 1934
British Army 3235 Trooper 2nd Life Guards
More about Michael Cipriani -
Born 1891
Died 1968
British Army PS/8581 Private Royal Fusiliers
More about Lushington Wendell Bruce-James -
Born 1898
Died 1990
British Army 7515 Acting Corporal London Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 253495 Acting Corporal London Regiment 3rd Battalion
More about Eugene Pierre Larnach L Masson -
Born 1875
Died 1945
British Army Second Lieutenant British West Indies Regiment
British Army Captain British West Indies Regiment
More about Arthur Andrew Cipriani -
Born 1895
Died 1938
British Army 5680 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment
More about Clennell Wilsden Wickham