Lives of the First World War

9 stowaways from Barbados, British Guiana (now Guyana), Jamaica and Trinidad arrived in London on 17 May 1915 on Royal Mail ship Danube. They were arrested and taken to West Ham Police Court where they were detained for a week. After a second hearing they were discharged and a report appeared in the Stratford Express. Two of the men in this community died in service with the Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine). Still to find: Barbados: Thomas Bailey or Bayley b1879, Leo Howard b1895, Sidney or Sydney Redmond b1897, George Walker b1887 Guyana: Albert Goppy or Goppi b1894. // Additional information from pgs 432-433 Black and British, A Forgotten History by David Olusoga ISBN 978-1-4472-9976-9 // incomplete

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