2225059 Flight Sergeant Peter Brown was born in Jamaica (it is thought on 22 August 1926).

If that date is correct, he was only just 17 when he volunteered for the RAF.

According to an article by Peter Davies in The Times of 25 September 2003, after a basic training in

Jamaica and then Canada, Peter Brown was one of 22,000 troops who sailed in the liner

Queen Elizabeth from Nova Scotia to Gourock on the Clyde (near Glasgow).  He travelled to Britain along

with a group of eleven other young men who were all destined to be RAF wireless operators/air

gunners, and was attested at Padgate on 20 September 1943.

All 12 men visited the West India Committee Rooms at 40 Norfolk Street, London, WC2 in

November 1943, no doubt to pick up mail and socialise with other Caribbean servicemen and women.

According to The Times article, Peter Brown flew 5 operations in Lancaster bombers in early 1945

and then stayed on in the RAF until 1950, serving in Palestine, Tripoli, Egypt and Malta.  Subsequent

employment included working for the old London County Council and the Ministry of Defence.

He was a keen supporter of cricket and a long-term member of the MCC.

As reported in the Gleaner, at some point after the war and while still in the RAF, Peter Brown

returned to Jamaica for a visit.

To date little else is known about the rest of his life.

Ex-Flt. Sgt. Peter Brown’s funeral will take place at 12.00 pm on 29th March 2023 Mortlake Crematorium.

If you would like to attend to pay tribute to Peter Brown (and to show appreciation not only for him but for all who came from the Caribbean to serve during WW2), the details are as follows:

Mortlake Crematorium, Kew Meadow Path, Richmond TW9 4EN. Tel: 020 8876 8056