Posted on 13 June 2010. Tags: Blacks in WW1, French Army, POW, Prisoner, Senegalese, WW1, black soldiers

"Die Farbiger", originally uploaded by drakegoodman.
A coloured French soldier (Troupes de Marine), most likely Senegalese is singled out to have his photograph taken with a Uhlan NCO and military official. Many of the Senegalese and other colonial troops were in the Troupes de Marine and were reported to have fought with incredible valour and great ...
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Posted on 19 October 2009. Tags: Air force, Black Lawyers, Black pilots, POW, RAF, TV personalities, WW2, WWII, airmen, black POWS

Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join the Royal air Force and was a commissioned office by 1943. He later became a Prisoner of War and later a TV personality. Cy Grant was born in Guyana, Central America. He came to Britain in 1941 to join ...
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