Donald served 36 years in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and retired as a Warrant Officer (WO) in 2006. His years of service as an Aircraft Engineer extended to many countries around the world.
He had various roles, including serving on large Operational Units working on Fast Jet aircrafts and helicopters. His final years of service was as the Training Manager of my Trade Training School, at RAF Cosford, Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering.
During his service he was awarded 2 commendations for meritorious service, one of which was in conjunction with the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2002 and a Good Show Award for outstanding personal contribution to the work of the Careers Information Service 2004.
He was a proud serviceman and now he is a proud veteran who gives a lot of his time as a role model, inspirational speaker and Community Ambassador delivering presentations talks to schools, youth groups, churches, statutory and voluntary organisations etc.
He is now a published author having written the first of his trilogy ‘My Path of Life’, and have written several poems, one of which was acknowledged by Queen Elizabeth II as it was included in the annual update of the military operations of the Armed Forces.
Donald is a Cofounder of Ex-Service Personnel Reunion (EPR), started in 2010, which was established as an annual event to bring Service Personnel together, including veterans, currently serving, friends and colleagues.
His time is now mostly engaged with managing a company he founded called “The Forgotten Generations” (TFG), which is a Community Interest Company where he interviews people of British African and Caribbean heritage about their life experiences. The interviews captures individual stories, including those of military personnel, especially World War 2 Veterans. This is to highlight and archive the contributions of our people over centuries who have been largely forgotten, including those of the Windrush Generation. TFG also documents numerous historical facts of information and achievements made by African and Caribbean people, for educational purposes to the wider community.
He is a proud recipient of UK’s 1934th POINTS OF LIGHT Award 7th June 2022. This is Prime Ministerial award for outstanding work in the community, highlighting the contributions of British African and Caribbean people to society through The Forgotten Generations organisation.
