8/18/2023 0 Comments Black navy war 1![]() Private Robert Bissessur, a “man of colour” in the Dorset Regiment in the First World War.Amanda Aldridge (10th March 1866 to 9th March 1956).“A Very Gallant Man”: Lance-Corporal Richard Aiyadurai of the Royal Fusiliers.Forgotten History – World War One and beyond.Three Black servants in Victorian England.The final resting place of Sarah Bonetta Forbes-Davies.“The Terror of the Service…” The Black Drummers of the 9 th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot.John Turner: A Centenarian Black Cymbalist of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot.“A great favourite with both officers and men” – Richard Umhala, an African Prince in Victorian Bradford.“Few men are better remembered” – ‘Black Geordie’: George Graham of Dalgig, Ayrshire.“With fury and violence” – Amelia Francis, a Black Woman in Regency England.Mary Ann Aguirra, a Londoner ‘of colour’, 1814-1878.William Vulson (c1802/4 to 1878) – A Black Sailor in the Royal Navy.William Cork – A Black Sailor in the Royal Navy.Peter Kadett (1787-1854) – A Black Sailor in the Royal Navy.‘John Johnson’ of Guadeloupe and Greenwich.John Ephraim of ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ (c1783 to 1831).John Banner (1736-1803) – A Black Sailor in the Royal Navy.John Angel (c1777 to 1834) A black sailor in the Royal Navy.From Sail to Steam: John Addoo (1795-1855), an African in the Royal Navy.Thomas Stanley (c1757 to 1847): A Black Veteran of Trafalgar.Charles Phillips – A Black sailor at Trafalgar (c1784 to 1837).Jacob Loring (c1780 to 1838) – A Black Able-Seaman at Trafalgar.Louis Le Roi and Jabin Remington: Two more black sailors at Trafalgar.John Francois – A Black sailor at Trafalgar.Magnus Booth of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar. ![]() Black sailors in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815.A “well conducted man”: Corporal Stephen (Estiphania) Pappin of St Domingo and the 39th (Dorsetshire) Foot, 1788-1845.From Nova-Scotia to Liverpool, via the battlefields of the Napoleonic War: The travels and travails of Drummer George Wise of the 29 th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot.The Black Soldiers of the 21 st Light Dragoons c.1799-1817.A Black and Asian British Regiment: ‘The York Rangers‘ – “a Regiment of Lascars, Mulattoes, &c.” c.1803-1805.The Black soldiers of the 18th Hussars, 1799-1821.“Over the hills and far away”: The Black soldiers of the 43rd Foot 1796-1826.A Black Soldier in Scarlet – Private Thomas Wells, a Sri-Lankan Chelsea Pensioner c.1755-1812.George Rose – An Exemplary Soldier, 73rd and 42nd Foot, 1809-1837.John Jackson of the 31st Regiment of Foot.Trumpet-Major James Goodwin: A Black Hero of the Battle of Waterloo.From St Domingo to Bedlam: Trumpeter Charles Girling of the 20th Light Dragoons.The Last Black Drummer: John Charles of the 32nd Foot, 1808-1845.William Buckland (1786-1856), from Guadeloupe to ‘the Fighting Fifth’, Limerick and Liverpool.Peter Bishop, 1792-1851: Soldier of the 69th Foot and Veteran of Waterloo.From Newgate Gaol to the Royal Navy – Samuel Royal of Antigua.Henry McGilchrist – Kettle Drummer of the 3rd (King’s Own) Dragoons.Charlotte Gardiner and Lucy Johnson: Black Women and the Gordon Riots of June 1780.Equiano’s ‘Interesting Narrative’: The Leeds Edition.Equiano’s ‘Interesting Narrative’ – The German Edition.Equiano’s ‘Interesting Narrative…’ – The Dutch Edition.Discovering Black History in Wales – The Early Days.
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