They added: “We are so very proud of our dad, all he achieved and the impact he made – not just on our lives, but on Leeds, the city he called home for 76 years, and on Britain too.
“As both a WW2 veteran and 1948 Windrush passenger, he was a true pioneer, a member of a generation of West Indian men and women to whom the country owes so much. And yet he found it amusing that a barefooted boy with big dreams growing up in rural Jamaica would be celebrated by communities, the nation and Royalty alike.
“He approached it all with humility and humour but never shied away from mentioning the struggles for equality and fairness as well as the happier times too.”
The HMT Empire Windrush, which docked at Tilbury in Essex, brought 492 passengers to the UK from a number of Caribbean islands, including Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to help fill post-war labour shortages.
