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.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Alford Gardner
Unveiled on Windrush day in 2022. The full poem is available at Laura Serrant.
Born Welbeck Street. An unusual childhood: his father changed their name from Beach to create a fictional connection with the medieval Barons De la Beche of Aldworth. Inheriting a slave plantation ...
Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807.  Carolin...
Born Arthur Wesley (later Wellesley) in Dublin to Irish parents. After the Battle of Waterloo in which 60,000 died Wellington wrote to a friend "Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a batt...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Ireland
South African Prime Minister (1919-1924 and 1939-1948).   Initially a vocal supportor of racial segregation, towards the end of his rule he was beginning to argue in favour of some integration.  In...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa
Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur.  Born Trinidad. Came to England in June 1953. Founded Mangrove Restaurant.  Co-founded Mangrove Steel B...
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
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