1897759 – Godfrey Oswald Leopald Petgrave – Nigeria/Caribbean – enlisted Euston 1943
The son of a Jamaican father and an Antiguan mother, Godfrey Petgrave enlisted in the RAF in Lagos as his father was working in Nigeria at the time.
[Source: Audrey Dewjee, West-Indian Aircrew in East Yorkshire during WW2, the Africans in Yorkshire Project]
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April 6th, 2018 at 4:16 pmI am currently writing a paper on the dedication of Jamaican soldiers to the service of the British nation during wartime. Would you tell me if and how I might obtain the right to use the images on your website for a non-profit publication?
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