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Person    | Male  Born 12/1/1926  Died 1/10/2024

Alford Gardner

Categories: Race Issues, Sport / Games

Countries: Jamaica

Alford Gardner

Windrush Pioneer. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was a Jamaican-born "Windrush generation" emigrant and co-founder of the first Caribbean cricket club in Britain. Served in the RAF in WW2.

The , who took this lovely photo also provide an obituary, with a short film.

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National Windrush monument

Unveiled on Windrush day in 2022. The full poem is available at Laura Serrant.

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