MEET THE AUTHOR Podcast: LIVE - Episode 107 - MAUREEN DICKSON
Originally Aired Wednesday May 3,2023
Featuring Non-Fiction Historical Writer MAUREEN DICKSON.
ABOUT MAUREEN: Pilots and Soldiers of the Caribbean: Fighting Men of the Caribbean
tells the story of the human spirit in the brave and talented men and women of the Caribbean who fought for Britain in WWI and WWII through adversity to achieve their goals and earn a place at the top table.
It tells of individuals who answered Britain’s call to arms, and were not conscripted, but felt compelled to leave their homes in the Caribbean, and make the hazardous journey to join ‘The Mother Country’ (as Britain was known at the time), to stand with her against a common enemy.
Maureen is a former Property TV presenter, estate agent, and oral historian. She had a life-changing conversation with her father (who was terminally ill), about the place of his birth Guyana, (formally known as British Guiana), South America. This conversation led her to learn about his life story in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean during the war.
Maureen conducted a series of interviews with ex-servicemen and women,
to record their stories and experiences during WWII. During this exploration, Maureen found that the dedication of the people who fought in WWI and WWII is just a small part of the history of people who came from the Caribbean to fight for Britain which has continued to the present day.
Her passion for the subject led her to travel to the Caribbean, across the UK, and its military bases, to tell their story and give them a voice. After six years of documenting their lives and contributions to the British war effort, Maureen wrote the book Pilots and Soldiers of the Caribbean: Fighting Men of the Caribbean.
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