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When Peter Brown died alone in London without any known family, neighbors made sure that the humble 96-year-old Jamaican man who had volunteered as a teen to fight for Britain in World War II was not forgotten.

Flight Sergeant Peter Brown had a modest funeral planned – before a campaign to find his relatives turned it into a much larger affair A report by Ed Cumming for London's Telegraph. Flight Sergeant Peter Brown’s coffin lay draped in a Union flag in front of the altar, with a large Jamaican flag behind. A…

The WW2 airman who was almost forgotten

The WW2 airman who was almost forgotten

When Peter Brown died alone in London without any known family, neighbors made sure that the humble 96-year-old Jamaican man who had volunteered as a teen to fight for Britain in World War II was not

Hundreds at full military send-off for one of the last ‘pilots of the Caribbean’

The funeral of Flight Sergeant Peter Brown was supposed to have been a low-key affair, just a handful of friends and neighbours at a suburban crematorium. Then

When Peter Brown died alone in London without any known family, neighbors made sure that the humble 96-year-old Jamaican man who had volunteered as a teen to fight for Britain in World War II was not forgotten. Hundreds of people – mostly strangers — touched by his story answered the call Thursday, and packed St.…