Ghana High Commission
Ghana is in West Africa. Colonised and gained independence in 1957, the first West African colony to do so.
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6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...
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Those from Indian Sub-continent, Africa & Caribbean who fought with Britain in the 2 world wars
5 million volunteers.
Group, Africa, Caribbean Islands, India, Indian Sub-continent, Pakistan
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Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...
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Lord Kitchener
Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.G. Born near Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland. Became a national hero leading the British army in the Sudan. Continued his career in the Boer War, In...
Person, Armed Forces, Seriously Famous, Africa, Egypt, India, Ireland, Scotland
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Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham
Charles John Klyberg was born on 29 July 1931, the son of Charles Augustine Klyberg (1890-1975) and Ivy Lillian Klyberg née Waddington (1891-1979). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 19...
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David Livingstone
Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...
Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland
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Janani Luwum
Anglican archbishop assassinated during the rule of Idi Amin, in Uganda.
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Zachary Macaulay
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Aged 16 emigrated to Jamaica and saw slavery first hand as a slave overseer on a sugar plantation. Returned to England 1789. Sister Jean’s husband, Thomas Ba...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Africa, Jamaica, Scotland
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