Remembrance Sunday: commemorating the Caribbean contribution
By Ines Elsa Dalal From Demotix
The annual Remembrance Sunday was commemorated in Centenary Square, Birmingham with members of the Caribbean community represented.
PHOTOS:
#2 Front line action: hundreds of the British military service gather in Birmingham’s Centenary Square to commemorate the 99th anniversary of WW1.
#3 Elderly veterans; the gentleman in the wheelchair on the left is aged 92, pictured at the Remembrance Day service in Birmingham
#4 Hundreds of spectators packed into Centenary Square, some even stood on tables and chairs to accommodate the crowds, and have better views of the British military in their formation.
#5 One Sikh gentleman is pictured amongst this group attending the Remembrance Day service in Birmingham.
#6 Cadets on parade- it’s encouraging to see a Caribbean/ Asian presence.
#7 One half of the Territorial Army fusiliers
#8 The second half of the Territorial Army fusiliers.
#9 Vincent Daniel adorned in the first battle standard that Queen Victoria gave to the West Indies regiment. West Indian soldiers used to be addressed as ‘the Queen’s gentlemen’.
Vincent is the only black man who’s ever been allowed to be a forensic crime scene investigator for Scotland Yard (Fingerprint expert) and the only black man who’s an executive member of the Royal British Legion.
#10 Bambi’ in a red knitted jumper adorned with a remembrance day poppy
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