Black people are the most forgiving people on planet earth and I just don't get it. These people were recruited, left their home, family and friends behind to go to an alien country only to be used, abused and rejected by the host country. Politicians and well as the general public had a problem with blacks in this country and yet here we are talking about pride in a country and it's people, who to all intents and purposes still regard us as alien after all this time. The way in which they treated the Windrush generation is an excellent example of how blacks are still seen and regarded. Please, let us not be blinded by sentiment!!!

My father fought heroically in both WWI and WWII, my eldest brother fought in WWII, my sister fought in WWII, and my second eldest brother was a pilot in the RAF and was killed in 1942.

You paved the way for the people of Caribbean heritage today, grateful for everything you did for us

A person might have a fine education, be highly skilled, or come from a good home, and have many great qualifications, but if that person judges a person based solely on the color of a persons skin, then they should be removed from any decision making responsibilities. And as a little extra perk have their lips sewn together.

To all soldiers who fought, thank you from generation z and so many others.

It's funny how what came out of each WWI and WWII was England gradually losing influence over its many (former) "colonies" due to how it treated those hundreds of thousands that still volunteered to fight with them.

We will always remember and appreciate the great sacrifices they all made for us! ❤🌹

Imagine dealing with Teddy Boyz Enoch Powell and Rivers of blood speech. Our Parents West Indians went through so much in England my mother studied in Glasgow midwifery for NHS. Worked in London at Hammersmith hospital for many years God bless her. My father also has the same story. Ladbroke Grove like many places in London mostly Caribbeans moved to because we weren't wanted anywhere else. Shepherd's Bush and Latimer Road etc Notting Hill Portobello road now it's gentrification issues like the whole of London.

How sad people who came here to help us, were treated in this awful way. We are just humans and what always makes me smile is we all rush to go on holiday to get a tan and look darker. I'm proud to know my grandma treated coloured people with the same respect as anyone else. We were brought up as to know racism was a wicked thing. All the peeps who came and helped us during the war what ever there skin colour are our heroes.

24:23 My grandfather was one of those who cut timber in the forests of Scotland during WWII from Belize.

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. "

Can't hear it turn up the volume

Title (Life .. in the West Indies) and description on the content (West Indian ex-servicemen having served in British Forces) do not match; false advertising.

7 miles...repeated, 7 miles, not even horses run 7 miles...that got me...🤣🤣

My grandfather served with the 452nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion. US Army.He was stationed in southern England just prior to the D-Day invasion. And told me about the many fights him and his friends got into with white soldiers. Usually over women.

These ignored warriors, black and white human beings. Are fighting a rich man's war. Would rather set my own pace.

Knew one of the Royal Navy's intelligence men in the Caribbean, during the Second World War, (who kept tabs on enemy activities there). He had no qualms about the loyalties of the people in the British colonies, there, and never showed any sign of prejudice regarding anyone's color nor their class. He was a role model to me, (far more than the racist attitudes I had observed in my family and among many in the United States). These racist attitudes still exist today, and need to be extinguished. It's great to see the segment from the 1943 film "A Welcome To Britain" that sums up the problem, (even if it only tolerates it, "at home"). "Now look men - you heard that conversation. It's not unusual here. That happens quite a lot. Now let's be frank about it. There are coloured soldiers as well as white here and there are less social restrictions in this country. Just what you heard - an English woman asking a coloured boy to tea - she was polite about it and he was polite about it. Now, look - that might not happen at home, but the point is, we are not at home."

Respect to all my Yardeez and All of The West Indies 🙏🏽😔🙏🏽🔥🌹🔥

Where did the Jamaican practice of lighting up humongous ganja spliffs come from?

Wonderful historical perspective. Much to be learned on race relations during wartime.1940's.

Lest we forget , we will remember them all.

British very brave fighters 👍

this is sad....but more interestingly......lot of Indian solders fought for British while Churchill started Bengal famine which starved 4.5 million Indians by exporting too much grain to the warehouses in England just to sit on the sidelines.

No wonder this people have all that resentment against whites.

What year was this documentary made?

To all the veterans who have served in various wars. Thank you for laying your life on the line for so many people, you truly are selfless. These are the people that deserve celebrity perks such as free food and free stuff wherever they go. I mean most of us would never. My uncle was a marine in vietnam and never speaks about the horrors he had to witness from both sides, it truly saddens me when you know someone went through such camaraderie but cannot look back with fondness due to the things he had to do and the things they had to do. I wish there was no more wars and war leap would learn from the past but all these old men just sit by and fondle their nuclear buttons.

33:09 Jim Crow Miami

I don't see any Indentured Indians . Are they not from the West Indies also ?

The shame of this tongue is immensely depressing but all I cherish comes from it's understanding. Colonized we remain but aware of the cause we are.

My fave Twilight Zone actor Burgess Meredith @ 37:40 !

33:20-38:31 personally I think is a some many ways incorrect about the alleged aquiescence, compliance, compliancy of the African-American G.I's stationed in the United Kingdom during World War ii (1939-1945). There is an estimated recorded 300 slave revolts in what is the contemporary United States between 1619-1865. Plus any viewer interested the original television broadcast was in the year 1990.

I'm American but I love Great Britain! I live in Jersey City NJ and hang the Union Jack in front of my house. I lived in London for one year. God bless the Queen.

Mickey loves you rock 😂😂😂😂😂

06:55 of pure European birth

I am so proud of all of the soldiers that fought and died for what they believe in for their on country I salute you all. No matter what race you were they were all brave men and women….🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇬🇦🇪 and all the other nations we are proud of them.

But what didymium do before for your own people before the British came.What was there for your people.what did you do to educate your people and give them justice in the form of laws.?😊

🌺🌺🌺

And lost the empire.

Um filme do Channel 4 sobre ex-militares e mulheres das Índias Ocidentais que serviram nas forças britânicas nas duas guerras mundiais. As personalidades incluem um soldado que lutou pelo regimento inglês na Segunda Guerra Mundial, um piloto que ingressou na ATS, além de outros indivíduos que estavam na equipe de terra da RAF.

#Lestweforget 🌺

RED TAILS.!!!!!!!

never forgot

Any guyanaes

Black and white human beings, my apologies.

51:59 British Hondurans were repatriated

British racism. I'm not very surprised.

thk you Jesus loves you Believe in him and repent !

Just need to make a video reminding people about the black soldiers only two days before remembrance haven’t we? It’s not like it’s rubbed in everywhere you see.

GOD BLESS THE QUEEN !!