‘How can you not know?’ Black and Asian people went overboard for Britain, says WW2 veteran

Prince Albert Jacob feels disappointed in continued ignorance of role many non-whites played in war effort

“Most black people went overboard and tried hard to make sure that they did their best for Britain,” says Prince Albert Jacob, a 99-year-old veteran from Trinidad who joined the RAF in 1943.

In a London hotel lobby, after a busy week of VE Day celebrations, Jacob describes feeling disappointed at findings from a recent survey that showed British people remained largely unaware of the black and Asian contribution to the second world war.