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Ulric Cross was born on 1 May 1917, in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Reginald Rufus and Maud Iris Cross. [4] He was the second child in a family of nine. [5] At the age of 11, he came first in Trinidad's Government Exhibition Scholarship Examination, thus qualifying for five years of free secondary education, [5] and went on to attend St Mary's College. [6]
Oct 29, 2020 · 15th October 2021 at 4:11pm. When taking a look at the proud history of black men and women who left the West Indies to fight for Britain against Hitler during the Second World War, the story of Squadron Leader Ulric Cross stands out as inspirational. Daring and dashing, Cross joined the Royal Air Force's elite Pathfinder Force as a navigator ...
Caribbean Intelligence this week features some of the World War Two memories of Trinidad-born Ulric Cross, who died in 2013. During an exciting life, Ulric Cross travelled from Trinidad to serve in the RAF – he won the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) and the Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC). In his obituary, Britain’s Telegraph ...
Apr 21, 2022 · Ulric Cross, shown in a 1944 documentary One of the most decorated West Indian servicemen of the Second World War, he was only ten seconds away from death on 80 different missions as an RAF ...
Oct 4, 2013 · Cross left the RAF as a Squadron Leader in 1947 and practised law in Ghana and Tanzania. He later became a High Court Judge in his native Trinidad. In 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago in London. Ulric Cross passed away at the age of 96 on 4 October 2013. Philip, Louise, Ulric Cross, Pilots of the Caribbean.
Aug 11, 2013 · Solomon says the Ulric Cross’ story is an “important story for our children to know” as it spanned not only 1930s and 1940s Trinidad, but also the West Indian experience in World War 11, Caribbean contributions to newly post-independence Africa and the development of modern Caribbean diplomacy.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Philip Louis Ulric Cross DFC DSO, known as Ulric, was born on 1 May 1917, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Ulric arrived in Britain in November 1941 and began his training as a navigator in the RAF. After completing his training, he was commissioned as an officer and assigned to 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, based at RAF Marham.
