Soldiers of Caribbean descent who served Britain during the First and Second World Wars, among other armed conflicts, are to finally be honoured with their own Memorial Day

Hero soldiers of Caribbean descent who served Britain during WW1, WW2 and other armed conflicts are to finally be honoured with their own special Memorial Day.

Thousands of brave men volunteered to fight for “King and Country”. Many of them came from the Docklands community in south East London. Now Lewisham Council has agreed to honour British West India Regiment Day - which they plan to be on October 26th each year.

And organisers hope this will now be replicated in hundreds of communities across the country. The British West India Regiments Heritage Trust has been leading the campaign. Trust chair Paul Chamb

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