The Last Crew of Lancaster ED 549 100 Squadron - Canoe

The Last Crew of Lancaster ED 549 100 Squadron
Sergeant Grey Doyle Cumberbatch
Sergeant Cumberbatch, won a Scholarship to go to College,
he represented the school at Cricket and was an
accomplished musician.
Attested into RAF 31 st December 1940
Arrived Liverpool 2 nd Contingent
Qualified as Navigator & Air Bomber ( Bomb Aimer)
Errol Barrow Prime Minister 1966-1976
Grey Cumberbatch is on the extreme left of the picture
Grey Cumberbatch was the eldest child and only son of Charles Wilkinson
Cumberbatch and Ocatavia Ceciliy Cumberbatch née Jordan . He was born 2nd June
1921 and baptised 23rd July 1921 as Greystone Doyle Cumberbatch at St. Lucy
Parish Church. Two of his younger sisters are still alive. His father was Charles
Wilkinson Cumberbatch who was headmaster at St Giles School. Grey Cumberbatch
himself was a graduate of Harrison College , Barbados, which was (and apparently
still is) a prestigious secondary school.
He was part of the Barbados Second
Contingent of twelve young men who
joined the RAF, one of whom - E W
Barrow - survived the war to become the
first Prime Minister of Barbados.
In 2008 the Barbados Postal Service
issued a set of stamps commemorating
their men who served in the Royal Air
Force in WW2 - (see above and right).
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